KILLING OF MILITARY PERSONNEL IN OKUAMA, A NATIONAL TRAGEDY-TUGGAR
22-03-24
By Sadiq Aminu The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, has described the killing of military personnel in Delta state as a national tragedy and should not be allowed to become a norm.
In a statement, Ambassador Tuggar made the condemnation in Abuja when he received the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, who led a delegation of top military brass to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
He described the killing of military personnel in the Okuama Community in Delta State on the 16th of March 2024, as unfortunate, calling for thorough investigations to bring the perpetrators of the tragic act to justice.
Ambassador Tuggar also used the occasion to condole President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, the Defence Headquarters and the dependents of the deceased soldiers.
The troops of the 181 Amphibious Battalion of the Nigerian Army were on a peaceful and mediatory mission after a reported communal clash between the Okuama and Okoloba Communities in Ughelli South and Bomadi LGAs of Delta State when they were attacked and many of them paid the supreme price in the process.