Days after the killing of at the least 16 troopers and officers of the Nigerian Military in Okuoma neighborhood of Delta, the State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, visited President Bola Tinubu on the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja on Tuesday.
Oborevwori instructed State Home correspondents after the assembly that the state of affairs is beneath management, assuring Nigerians that there can be no additional assaults.
Nevertheless, he declined to verify alleged reprisal assaults by the army and the variety of casualties, saying he’s constrained to talk on such points being an unfolding safety matter.
Oborevwori stated he met with the safety heads in Bomadi on Monday however is but to satisfy members of the neighborhood concerned as they’re presently dispersed and at giant.
Not less than 16 Nigerian troopers have been killed whereas on a peace-keeping mission to douse clashes between Okuama and Okoloba communities in Ughelli South Native Authorities Space of Delta State.
A Commanding Officer, two Majors, one Captain, 12 troopers, and one civilian misplaced their lives within the ambush on Thursday, March 14, 2024.
Channels Tv reported late on Saturday that 15 our bodies of the troopers have been recovered by troopers of the Joint Job Pressure beneath the supervision of Basic Officer Commanding 6 Division, Nigerian Military, Main Basic Jamal Abdussalam.
Responding to the event in a press release he signed on Sunday, Tinubu vowed retribution, saying, “The cowardly offenders liable for this heinous crime won’t go unpunished.”
The response was titled ‘Assertion on the killing of Nigerian troopers on a peace mission to Okuoma neighborhood in Delta State.’
Whereas noting that the army excessive command is already responding to the incident, Tinubu gave recent marching orders for the manhunt and prosecution of the perpetrators, saying, “The Defence Headquarters and Chief of Defence Workers have been granted full authority to convey to justice anyone discovered to have been liable for this unconscionable crime towards the Nigerian individuals.”
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