March 21, (THEWILL) – President Bola Tinubu has pledged a dignified burial as well as posthumous national honours for military personnel killed recently in Delta State.
THEWILL had reported that the military personnel, including a Commanding Officer, Captain, two Majors and 12 soldiers, were killed last Thursday while on a peaceful keeping mission to Okuama Community in Delta State.
Speaking at the breaking of the Ramadan fast on Wednesday, in Abuja, with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, and leadership of the House, President Tinubu expressed condolences to the military and the families of the deceased.
“In responding to distress calls, they met the end of their lives in a savage manner. Let us work to sympathise and symbolise the fact that they are worth the sacrifices they have made for Nigeria.
“We salute all our men and women in uniform, and we sympathise with them. I will soon make further pronouncements but they must have a befitting burial and national honours,” the President said.
The deceased officers and soldiers include Lt. Col. AH Ali (Commanding Officer, 181 Amphibious Battalion), Major SD Shafa, Major DE Obi, Capt. U Zakari, and Sgt. Yahaya Saidu.
Others are Cpl Yahaya Danbaba, Cpl Kabir Bashir, LCpl Bulus Haruna, LCpl Sole Opeyemi, LCpl Bello Anas, LCpl Hamman Peter, LCpl Ibrahim Abdullahi, Pte Alhaji Isah, Pte Clement Francis, Pte Abubakar Ali, Pte Ibrahim Adamu, and Pte Adamu Ibrahim.
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