SLAIN SOLDIERS WILL RECEIVE NATIONAL HOUNORS - PRESIDENT TINUBU

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR has approved a befitting burial for the 17 soldiers who were killed while on a peacekeeping mission in Delta State last week.

He approved the conferment of post-houmous national honours on the slain soldiers.

Ajuri Ngelale, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri disclosed this in a statement. 

The President made the declaration while breaking the Ramadan fast with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, and the House leadership.

While expressing his earnest condolences to the families of the bereaved, pledged that the sacrifices of the fallen heroes shall never be in vain.

He announced that the officers would be given a befitting burial and national honours.

”In responding to distress calls, they met the end of their lives in a cruel manner. Let us work to sympathise and symbolise the fact that they are worth the sacrifices they have made for Nigeria.

”We salute all our men and women in uniform, and we sympathise with them. I will soon make further pronouncements, but they must have a befitting burial and national honours,” the President said.

Not less than 16 Nigerian soldiers were killed while on a mission to remove clashes between two communities in the South-South state of Delta on Thursday.

Major General Cecil Esekhaigbe (retd.) revealed how 16 military personnel were murdered in the Okuama community of Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State.

He stated that the unsuspecting soldiers were ambushed by residents of the community.