Showing posts with label Gbaramatu Kingdom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gbaramatu Kingdom. Show all posts

Wednesday, 1 June 2016

Incredulous! Hungry Nigerian soldiers are "looting" pots of soup from family kitchens in Gbaramatu Kingdom - Tompolo raises alarm



Hungry Nigerian soldiers are "looting" pots of soup in Gbaramatu Kingdom - Tompolo raises alarm
Nigerian troops have been accused of widespread human rights abuses in the Delta community of Gbaramatu Kingdom, including stealing pots of soup from family kitchens. "Even pots of soup were not spared. The Army has massively looted resident homes, desecrated traditional places of worship, committed sacrilege, abominations and what have you.”

Tuesday, 19 January 2016

Ijaw youths caution Buhari over military invasion of Gbaramatu Kingdom

BOMBED—Major Gen. Alani Okunola, Commander of the Joint Task Force (Middle); pointing to part of a severed pipeline, while Brig. Gen. Farouk Yahaya, Commander, 4 Brigade, Benin (2nd left); Lt. Col. Igwe P. Omoke, Commanding Officer, 3 Battalion Effurun (2nd right)and others watch during inspection of the gas pipeline in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State bombed by suspected militants. Inset: Other damaged areas. Photos: Akpokona Omafuaire.

The Ijaw Youth Assembly (IYA), has raised concern over the militarisation of Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State in the wake of the court order by a Federal High Court, Lagos, against former militant leader, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo, coupled with the attack on oil installations by some aggrieved youths.