Suspected residents of Okuama community on Thursday ambushed and murdered the soldiers including four officers.
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The Director of Defence Media Operations, Edward Buba, a major general, in a statement on Monday, said the community was already deserted even before troops arrived there. Mr Buba then suggested that the burning of the Okuama community could have been carried out by the rival Okoloba community. It was the fighting between the two communities that soldiers were sent to resolve before they were killed on Thursday.
“We urge the public to resist the temptation of allowing any videos of the incident of the killed personnel from going viral..“Above all, as the military mourns, it remains ever determined to ensure safety and security of citizens across the country,” he said. The defence spokesperson said it was in line with this, that troops were deployed on internal security operations in about all the states of the federation to intervene, deescalate and contain security breaches.
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