Friday, April 3, 2020

Warri Showdown: Video of Soldiers surfaces online, as they stage a war-like advance to Warri City.


By Victor Isiguzo

In less than two hours, a video showing Soldiers loaded on several Toyota Hilux trucks has gone viral.


Photo speak: One of the combat ready Soldiers.

In the video, over 10 Army trucks were stationed on the road with soldiers in them making moral building statements suggesting that they were ready for a certain type of people.

Photo speak: Gun trucks loaded with soldiers.

A particular soldier was heard saying that "make we dey go, them go hear am".

This is coming at the backdrop of a young man that was shot in Warri two days ago for not adhering to the lockdown order as issued by the Delta State Government.

Photo Speak: More loaded trucks.

A day later, another video emerged showing youths pelting a soldier with stones, while others brutalized him with sticks.

This very act sent shock waves to the community of serving soldiers and has since aggravated them. With that said, a retaliatory attack ensued with Soldiers shooting about 6 youths dead.

However, the Soldiers in their normal fashion have shown that Warri must be subdued to authority and the worst is yet to come if the youths act otherwise.

For this very reason, it is rumoured that this video that has just been released shows the readiness of the Soldiers to subdue the potential irateness of Warri youths.

We therefore beseech the government to deploy every instrument of peace they have in their disposal in order to pour oil on troubled waters before things get out of hand.