Reps Call For thorough Investigation Into Killing Of Military Personnel
The House of Representatives has mandated the Armed Forces of Nigeria to conduct a thorough and wholesome investigation into the circumstances that led to the heartless, gruesome and despicable murder of military personnel in Delta state.
It called for working with the relevant authorities to bring all perpetrators and their collaborators to book
The House also mandated the House Committees on Defence to interface with the Armed Forces of Nigeria to ensure compliance and report to the House within four weeks.
The call followed the adoption of a
Matter Of Urgent National Importance on the “Need To Investigate And Apprehend Perpetrators Of The Gruesome Killing Of Seventeen Military Personnel In Delta State”., moved by Babajimi Benson
“The House notes with deep sadness the needless and gruesome murder of the seventeen military personnel in Delta state on Thursday 14 March 2024; It also notes that the murdered military personnel comprise of Lt. Col. A.H. Ali who was the Commanding Officer, 181 Amphibious Battalion of the Nigerian Army, Major S.D Shafa, Major D.E Obi, Captain U. Zakari and thirteen other rank and file of the Nigerian military; It further notes that the fallen soldiers were on a peaceful and mediatory mission to quell communal clash between Okuama and Okoloba Communities in Ughelli South and Bomadi LGAs of Delta State respectively when the horrific incident occurred; Aware that these military personnel were only responding to a distress call in their service to their fatherland when they were ambushed and killed on Thursday;” the motion said.
The motion also noted that the perpetrators of the heinous act did not only stop at killing the military personnel but also went ahead to sacrilegiously debase their remains by ripping out their hearts and other body parts;
“Worried that unless checked and stopped, acts like this by the very people the AFN are meant to protect, have a potential of demoralising the military and affecting the war on insecurity which has so far recorded some successes” it added.
The House also therefore observed a minute silence for the soul of the military personnel killed in the horrendous incident.
Gloria Essien
