The military deploys about 10 gun boats and other military hardware into Okerenkoko community. The invasion by the military, which is resisted by villagers, claims about 20 lives and three soldiers. The conflict emerges out of a disagreement between the military and some youths in the territory: the youth claim the military was involved in illegal oil dealing; the military claim they are trying to arrest locals involved in oil theft.

Opia and Ikeyan villages of Delta State are razed in circumstances linking the American oil giant, Chevron. In the invasion carried out by Nigerian soldiers paid and ferried in Chevron helicopters, scores of people are killed and the communities are completely destroyed.