A 20-year-old man in Ondewari Community in Bayelsa has died following a clash between soldiers and youths over pipeline vandalism.
Chief Peresho Erefawari, Acting Paramount Ruler of Ondewari Community, told newsmen on Thursday in Yenagoa that the man was shot dead on Wednesday.
Erefawari, who decried the constant clash between soldiers and youths in the community, said that the crisis had not subsided.
He called on the state government to intervene in the crisis to avert further loss of lives, adding that two youths in the community had so far lost their lives to the crisis.
“The clash was caused by a protest by some youths in the community, who are aggrieved over their exclusion in the petroleum task force committee set up by the local government council.
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