By Muhammed Abubakar, Reporting
BURIAL of slain 17 officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army at Okuama community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State has been slated for Wednesday at the National Cemetery, Abuja.
This was disclosed in a statement posted on the Nigerian Army’s official handle on Tuesday.
The burial will be held at 3:00p.m, and President Bola Tinubu is expected to be the Special Guest of Honour at the event.
Stonix News recalled that the slain military personnel were ambushed and killed while purportedly on a peace mission to Okuama.
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) had earlier provided the names of the slain Army officers and soldiers as follows: Lt. Col. AH Ali (Commanding Officer, 181 Amphibious Battalion); Major SD Shafa; Major DE Obi; Capt. U Zakari, and Sgt. Yahaya Saidu. Others are Cpl Yahaya Danbaba; Cpl Kabir Bashir and LCpl Bulus Haruna.
Others were LCpl Sola Opeyemi; LCpl Bello Anas; LCpl Hamman Peter; LCpl Ibrahim Abdullahi; Pte Alhaji Isah; Pte Clement Francis; Pte Abubakar Ali; Pte Ibrahim Adamu, and Pte Adamu Ibrahim.
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