The Nation Newspaper Slain Army 17 to get national honour, befitting burial
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday promised that the 17 military men who lost their lives while on a peace mission in Okuama, Ughelli South Local Government Area ofTinubu spoke during a special Ramadan Iftar with Vice-President Kashim Shettima and House of Representatives leadership, including Speaker Tajudeen Abbas.
It called on the authorities “to carry out a comprehensive investigation into the circumstances surrounding the gruesome murder of the soldiers and apprehend the perpetrators with the view to bringing them to justice. Four officers and 13 soldiers were ambushed and killed a week ago by youths suspected to be indigenes of the Ijaw community.
Olufemi explained that he would need clearance before deploying police operatives in Okuama since it is now a military zone. “We have not been able to move into this community. Of course, it is our responsibility as the primary line of defence in internal security. But when you have another sister agency conducting an operation, the reasonable thing to do is to wait for them to finish.
On the possibility of deploying drones by the Police, Olufemi said: “When this situation happened, the main perpetrators disappeared into the creeks and to other states. Delta shares boundaries by the waterways with several states. A member of the committee, Senator Gbenga Daniel, told reporters that the security chiefs were also told the importance of using technology and artificial intelligence to track down the “gangsters’ behind the killings.
“The killing is a major affront and of course, we have to continue to appeal for patience and understanding.” Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri, Ijaw Leader Edwin Clark and Labour Party Governorship Candidate for Bayelsa State Udengs Eradiri yesterday joined in the call for the arrest of the perpetrators.Diri, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary Daniel Alabrah, said that Bayelsa, being the host of Operation Delta Safe , Central Naval Command, the Nigerian Air Force Mobility Command and the Nigerian Army 16 Brigade, was outraged by the “heinous attack on military personnel.
Clark, in a television interview, advised that leaders of the communities involved in the incident be questioned “People to come from outside to waylay them, to surround them is a matter they should investigate. We can’t rule anything out but at the same time let us look at ourselves. He said: “What happened in Okuama is shocking, tragic and unimaginable. I strongly condemn the ambush and killings of military officials, who reportedly went for a peacekeeping mission in the area. Why and how did such barbarism take place?
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