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Sections News Editorial/Opinion Cover Choice Arts & Life Business Politics Sports   Subscription Form Click here       Daily Independent Online.         * Wednesday, July 14, 2004. 11 feared dead as Army invades Rivers community • Three communities razed in Warri, Ijaw group alleges   By Uwakwe Abugu :Bureau Chief (Warri) and Odudu Okpongete : Reporter (Port Harcourt)   A 14-year-old schoolgirl, Rosemary Onoyoseme, was among those killed on Tuesday during an early morning raid by soldiers on Amadi-Ama and Okrika settlements in the sub urban area of Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Residents claimed that as many as 10 persons may have died. A combined team of soldiers and mobile policemen was sent to the area, following a tip-off, to conduct a house-to-house search to recover illegal arms. Father of the deceased, Francis Onoyoseme, said she was shot on the chest by a soldier who forcefully opened the room where they were lying on the floor. Rosemary was a student of Ovum Grammar School, Warri and had come home on holiday. Several residents, who fled their homes in tattered clothes, said they began hearing heavy gun shots as early as 4 a.m.  on Tuesday morning. By about 6 a.m. when they attempted to flee, they were forced to remain indoors only to see soldiers parading everywhere, searching each home. And in Delta State, the invasion of some Ijaw communities by men of the Joint Military Taskforce in Warri since last Sunday has led to the razing of three Ijaw communities in Warri North Council, the Federated Niger Delta Ijaw Communities (FNDIC) alleged on Tuesday. They include Ogbudugbudu, Opia and Sonny Zoro Zion and were said to have been touched during a search for killers of American and Nigerian oil workers who were gunned down at Olero Creek in April. Taskforce Commander Brig. Gen. Elias Zamani had on Monday said his men had occupied Ogbudugbudu in search of the assassins. FNDIC President Oboko Bello who confirmed the attacks on the Ijaw communities appealed to the taskforce “to conduct the search for the criminals with decorum; we appeal for more caution so that we can arrive at settlement and peace after all these exercises”. He said residents have fled the area but could not say if the invasion had led to any death.       Copyright� 2002. All Rights Reserved Independent Newspapers Limited Block5, Plot 7D, Wempco Road, Ogba, P.M.B. 21777, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria. www.dailyindependentng.com e-mail: [email protected]

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