Nigeria's service chiefs and senators are currently having a closed-door meeting with the Senate Joint Committee on Army, Navy, Defense, and Air Force committees over the recent killing of soldiers in Delta State. The joint committee chairman, Ahmed Lawan, said that the investigation hearing on the gruesome killing of military personnel in Okuama community in Ughelli South Local Government of Delta state, last Thursday, will take place behind closed doors due to the delicate nature of the subject. "I extend my profound condolences to the families of these fallen soldiers, their colleagues, and their loved ones. The military high command is already responding to this incident. The cowardly offenders responsible for this heinous crime will not go unpunished.
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-General Taoreed Lagbaja; Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar, and Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla were present at the meeting while the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, was represented.
A minute silence was first observed for the souls of the slain soldiers.
The gruesome murder of the 17 soldiers on peace keeping to the warring abovementioned community has continued to draw condemnation from the nations authorities and concerned citizens. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has described the incident as an attack on the nation and gave marching orders to security agencies to fish out those involved in the attack.
The Defence Headquarters had on Monday released the list of the 17 fallen military personnel.
