Life has returned to riverine communities in Delta and Bayelsa States, as soldiers, have relaxed the heavy siege to the riverine communities over the killing of a soldier at a checkpoint in Ogbogbagbene community, Burutu Local Government Area.
Although the 8a.m., to 5p.m. curfew imposed in the wake of the stop and search operations is still in force at Ogbobagbene, where both vehicular and boat movements are prohibited beyond the specified time.
Meanwhile, Niger Delta Revolutionary Crusaders, NDRC, a militant group in the Niger Delta region, has called on youths in the region to stop armed confrontation with military personnel saying that soldiers were not the problem, but pawns in the elite conspiracy to plunder the resources of the region.
On the return of normalcy, investigations show that many traders, who fled the busy Bomadi Overside Market, the business hub of the area, after rampaging soldiers destroyed their goods, have returned.
The traders thanked God for the return of normalcy, stressing that if it had continued beyond the present level, it would have led to starvation and robbery in the area.
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