Tears as Gov Diri visits troubled Bayelsa communities.

It was a moment of tears as Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri visited the troubled Igbomotoru communities of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, of Bayelsa State, to sympathise with the people and assess the level of destruction in the area.

DAILY POST earlier reported that Igbomotoru 1 & 2 communities of the state were invaded by the military in search of the hoodlums responsible for the killing of 17 soldiers in Okuama community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State.

It was alleged that troops of the Nigerian Army in their desperate search reportedly invaded the community, razing houses, and allegedly killing innocent indigenes of the community.

The community has since the reprisal attack carried out by the Military been living in fear, hunger and torment, as every means of their livelihood was halted due to the heavy presence of the Military in and around the community.

Several sympathisers have questioned the rationale behind the attack on that particular community, when the incident happened in Delta State.

Diri visited the two communities with a high-powered delegation that included the Commander of the Nigerian Army 16 Brigade, Oluremi Obolo, to assess the situation in the area.

According to him, “soldiers have been deployed in the communities in search of the masterminds of the March 14 killing of 17 soldiers at Okuama in Delta State.”

Addressing the paramount ruler, chiefs, elders and youths of both communities, Diri again condemned the killing of the soldiers and charged the people, particularly the youths, not to allow themselves to be used as agents of criminality and destabilisation.