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The troopers have been on a mission to stop battle between two communities within the Bomadi space.
Sixteen Nigerian troopers have been killed whereas on a mission to cease clashes between two communities within the southern state of Delta, a military spokesman mentioned.
Brigadier Normal Tukur Gusau mentioned in a press release on Saturday that troopers of the 181st Amphibious Battalion, deployed to the Bomadi space, had responded to the battle in Okuoma group once they have been killed on Thursday.
“The reinforcement workforce led by the commanding officer was additionally attacked, ensuing within the demise of the commanding officer, two majors, a captain and 12 troopers,” he mentioned.
Based on Gusau, the protection chief has additionally ordered fast investigation and arrest of these concerned.
“To this point, some arrests have been made whereas steps are being taken to establish the motive behind the assault,” he mentioned.
There are frequent clashes, generally lethal, in lots of Delta State communities over compensation for land or oil spills by power firms.
Moreover, battle continues within the northern and central areas of Nigeria, the place armed teams are energetic and authorities forces have been accused of abuses.
Earlier this yr, at the very least 30 folks have been killed in renewed violence in Nigeria's central Plateau state, the place Muslim herders and Christian farming communities have clashed for years.
The state is positioned within the Center Belt, a area seen because the dividing line between Nigeria's principally Muslim north and predominantly Christian south. Inter-communal violence has been frequent within the area, which is house to dozens of ethnic minorities just like the Mwaghwul.
Clashes within the area and northwest are rooted in group tensions over land between nomadic herders and indigenous farmers, however have been worsened by the results of local weather change and inhabitants development within the area.