On Wednesday, the Nigerian military intensified its operations to demolish houses in the Okuama community located in Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State.
This action followed the deployment of three swamp buggies, transported via barges from the Bomadi axis of River Forcados, which arrived in the community earlier this week, specifically on Tuesday.
A community source said: “It is certain that those machines brought to Okuama to ease the task of demolishing and evacuating houses and rubbles have been put to work, and almost half the community has been cleared.
However, rumors abound that the military is considering erecting a barracks on the land belonging to the Okuama community. This has spurred a collective endeavor to clear the area and evacuate debris from the community’s location.
According to our source, “The army will certainly build their barracks on the Okuama community soil, and that’s why they are painstakingly using heavy machines in the evacuation of everything in the community.
“We heard that very soon, the Chief of Army Staff will come to Okuama to flag off the barracks project”, he said.
