Army Invasion of Ogoni: ‘How they murdered my pregnant wife’

MR. Ledee Meyakau, the husband of Mrs. Lesi, an eight month old pregnant woman killed last week during the gun-battle between the military and militants has called for justice over the killing of his wife. Oil Spill File: Ogoni land Narrating his loss, Meyakau said: “The Nigerian Army came to our village and killed my wife and my eight month baby in her womb. I want the whole world to hear it because it is painful. I was not around when she was shut. I met my wife dead I came back. “I don’t know what to do. They killed innocent people. Since my wife died I have not been myself. I have been living in the bush.” Also, Mr. Justus Tambari, who lost one of his brothers and two friends during the crossfire said he would have also been a victim. “I would have also died because we were together when the army entered Bori with armoured vehicle so I ran into the gutter. “I saw them when they killed about five people including my brother. They went to my shop looked inside they did not see anybody but I was looking at them from my hideout. “After shooting these people they waited long before they left. If they had left early after the shooting, we would have saved them. One of them is still in the hospital. “In Bori, they shot Mr. Kenneth, Mr. Joel, Mr. Linus Nwafor and Kelechi Nwafor.”