Ku wa gatandatu, abashinzwe umutekano bavuze ko byibuze abasirikare 16, barimo abapolisi bane, biciwe mu majyepfo ya Nijeriya mu mirwano yabaye hagati y’imiryango ibiri.
Igitero cyagabwe muri leta ya Delta ikungahaye kuri peteroli, mu ruzi rwa Delta cyabereye mu gace ka Bomadi ku wa kane ubwo abo basirikare boherejwe mu kubungabunga amahoro, “bakikijwe n’urubyiruko rw’abaturage maze baricwa,” umuvugizi w’icyicaro gikuru cy’ingabo, Brig. Jenerali Tukur Gusau mu magambo ye.
Gusau yavuze ko iki gitero cyateje urupfu rw’umuyobozi mukuru, bamajoro babiri, kapiteni umwe n’abasirikare 12, akomeza avuga ko hafashwe abantu bake bafitanye isano n’iki gitero, ubu bakaba bakomeje iperereza ku gisirikare.
Ibitangazamakuru byaho byavuze ko amakimbirane yabereye i Delta yari afitanye isano n’amakimbirane y’ubutaka yari amaze igihe hagati y’abaturage ba Okuama na Okoloba, bikaviramo gushimuta umugabo umwe. Abasirikare bagerageje kunanirwa kumvikana ku bwisanzure bwe.
Nubwo ahanini byoherejwe mu bikorwa by’umutekano bidasanzwe hirya no hino mu gihugu cya Afurika y’iburengerazuba, abasirikare ba Nijeriya rimwe na rimwe boherezwa gukemura amakimbirane mu baturage, cyane cyane uduce dufite umutekano udahagije cyangwa aho usanga imirwano ituma hicirwamo benshi.
