Omoyele Stephen Sowore, a Nigerian activist and AAC presidential candidate in 2023, has responded to people urging the Nigerian army to visit Okuama Community in Delta state and “level” it.
A few days ago, 16 troops were killed while their route to the Okuama Community in Delta state as part of a peacekeeping deployment.
Omoyele Sowore stated that people requesting that the military level the community are aware that this is an international crime in a message he published on his official X handle on Sunday. He added that the Nigerian Army had gone to light fires in a few of the communities.
He however urged the Nigerian Army to restrain Its officers and ensure that the rights of innocent citizens are not tampered with.
Omoyele Sowore wrote on his page;
“I have been inundated with gory images of alleged militants in the Niger Delta region killing Nigerian soldiers in an apparent ambush, following this, there has been a disturbing number of commentaries asking the Nigerian Army to “level” the area, mostly from Nigerians enlightened enough to know that such reaction constitutes international crime, the Nigerian army predictably has gone to battle to set some of the communities ablaze”.
