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RESIDENTS of Ijaw communities of Bilabiri and Letugbene in Bayelsa State have raised the alarm over an alleged plan by soldiers to invade the riverine settlements, following latest attacks and killing of soldiers by unidentified sea bandits.

The Bayelsa State communities in a distress call on Ijaw leaders and rights organisations, claimed that soldiers stormed the villages on June 19, warning that they should surrender the suspects from the communities allegedly responsible for the death of their colleagues within 72 hours or they would burn down the communities.