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Ayebatari Easterday, a former councillor in southern Ijaw LGA, Bayelsa, has pleaded with the military to protect innocent residents in the state while searching for the killers of 17 soldiers. 

Easterday’s plea comes after 17 soldiers on a peace mission were killed in Bomadi LGA of Delta state.

NAN reports that Easterday spoke on Tuesday in Yenagoa, the state capital.

He was reacting to the ongoing military crackdown on the suspected hideouts of the alleged killers of the soldiers believed to have fled to Bayelsa.

He called on security agents to always carry out in-depth investigations before taking actions capable of affecting innocent lives.

Easterday alleged that some people had been killed in the community by some soldiers in search of the suspects.

He added that economic activities in Igbomotoru, a coastline community along the River Nun bank in Bayelsa, have reduced due to the ongoing military operations.

He noted that some youths in the community had also fled to neighbouring communities for fear of being mistaken by the soldiers.