It was accumulated that fighters sent by the Nigerian Defense Headquarters to control the exercises of the aggressors inside that territory, arrived the group in no less than 4 warships and at around 2:00am and after that laid attack till 8:00am on Saturday morning.
It is said that the officers in legions shot sporadically and arbitrarily, bringing on more disarray in the riverine town.
A source said, villagers, who kept running into the woods on locating them with gunboats were yet to return, as fighters, who came looking for ex-activist pioneer, Government Ekpemupolo, false name Tompolo, and individuals from the Niger Delta Avengers, have assumed control over the group.
Addressing Vanguard Newspaper on Saturday morning, an Ijaw pioneer, Chief Godspower Gbenekama, said:
"Fighters have begun shooting in Oporoza as I address you now, I don't have the foggiest idea about the setback, yet they are shooting at this moment, the entire town is in turmoil."
His words: "I am crying for the benefit of my kin, we have been stating before now that we don't recognize what the military is searching for in Oporoza, they have come two times before now in the most recent couple of weeks. We said then that they were searching for reason to begin shooting, now they are shooting, we don't recognize what will happen after the shooting."
Another source included: "The military is presently shooting arbitrarily in Oporoza however we don't know whether it was gone for anyone since we are still in the woods. We kept running into the backwoods at the beginning of today."
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