The House of Representatives has asked security agencies in the country to carry out a comprehensive investigation into the circumstances leading to the murder of soldiers by yet-to-be-identified gunmen.
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According to him, this act of attacking and killing military personnel is often carried out through surprise attacks on military formations including checkpoints and even those on routine patrols. In his contribution, chairman of the House Committee on Defence, Babajimi Benson said the attacks on military and security formations are provocative to the Armed Forces, describing them as one of the most priced assets that sacrificed so much in defence of the country.
It said for the President to make such a statement showed that he had not removed the toga of party politics months after occupying the seat of the President and after celebrating one year in office. “We, therefore, demand an open and independent investigation into the murder of the soldiers to fish out the real culprits.”Meantime, the Nigerian Army has dismissed allegations by the IPoB that its troops are carrying out mass killings of the Igbo and dumping their bodies in the river, describing the claim as despicable falsehood.
“The report also contained some unimaginable and not well-couched falsehoods targeted at whipping up negative sentiments against troops and inciting anarchy in the South East region.
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