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THE LATEST NEWS ABOUT THE OKUAMA KILLINGS IS THAT THE ARMY HAS DECLARED EIGHT PEOPLE WANTED IN CONNECTION TO THE KILLINGS IN DELTA STATE. THIS IS COMING IN BARELY 24 HOURS THE 17 SOLDIERS WERE BURIED WITH TOP GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND MILITARY HIRACHY IN THE EVENT. THE PRESIDENT HAS PROMISED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FAMILY THEY LEFT BEHIND LACKS NOTHING. HE ALSO PROMISE TO TRACK THOSE CRIMINALS TO THEIR HIDE-OUTS.
MY QUESTION IS, THOUGH I CONDEMNED THE KILLING THE QUESTION AGITATING THE MINDS OF NIGERIANS AND THOSE AROUND THE FOUND, WHO SENT THOSE MILITARIES TO DABBLE IN PURE CIVIL MATTER AND WHAT WAS THE MOTIVE BEHIND ALL THESE? ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. THE KILLING OF OUR UNIFORMED MEN WHO GO OUT OF THEIR WAY TO PROTECT DESPITE THE POOR EMOLUMENT AND MORAL BOOST IS UNACCEPTABLE. BUT BEFORE I ROUND UP, PLS READ THE FULL STORY BELOW.
The names of these suspects are disclosed below. The persons declared wanted include seven men and one woman.
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During the briefing, the Director, of Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba, called on Nigerians especially residents of Delta and adjoining states to assist the military with credible information that would lead to the arrest of eight persons allegedly responsible for the killing of seventeen soldiers in Okuama community in Delta State. General Buba says the military remains determined to fish out the perpetrators of the heinous act in Delta State, reaffirming its commitment to rescue all kidnapped and abducted victims in Nigeria.
The suspected mastermind of the bloodbath, a militant leader, and his gang members, who are currently on the run, seem to have their operational stamping ground at Igbomotoru, a riverside community in the Southern-Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.
However, the Nigerian Army, which has spread its dragnet for the fleeing suspects, went as far as Port-Harcourt, Rivers State, to pick up three persons, last Tuesday, in connection with the killing of the soldiers.
So far, the demanding search for the killers of the soldiers in the quiet Okuama has spread to the creeks, hideouts, and communities in Delta State, Bayelsa, and Rivers states, and is likely to extend to other states in the Niger-Delta, and outside the region if need be, according to sources.
Many believe the killing of the soldiers was beyond the land dispute between Okuama and Okoloba in the Bomadi local government area, as insiders point to divergences on oil bunkering.
Lt. Col Ali was reportedly bent on stopping oil thieves in his operational area and had made appreciable inroads. There was suspicion that his killing with other military personnel could be a setup.
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They are Akevwru Daniel Omotegbono, Prof Ekpekpo Arthur, Andaowei Dennis Bakriki, Igoli Ebi (female), Akata Malawa David, Sinclear Oliki, Clement Ikolo Oghenerukevwe and Reuben Baru.
The Chief of the Defense Staff, CDS, General Christopher Gwabin Musa, who had given his troops marching orders to track down the killers, alluded to this notion.
Musa said: “I know him, the C.O himself, Lt. Col. Ali. Because of recent, we emphasized that we want oil production in Nigeria to increase so that we will be able to have enough foreign exchange for things to go down. Because we all know the challenges we are facing.
“And so, he insisted that all illegal activities within his general area must stop. He directed all the troops and they were stopping illegal bunkering, and then these are the people benefiting from it. And so when this issue came up, it became an opportunity for them to do away with him, which is exactly what happened.
“We know who did it, we are following up on him, and it is just a matter of time, we are sure we are going to get him. They took away our arms, we must get those arms back, and we must get these guys so that they would be prosecuted accordingly.”
From our findings, the countryside people of Okuama are not sophisticated enough to carry out this kind of attack on military officers.
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt. General Taoreed Lagbaja also re-echoed similar thoughts as Tinubu, assuring the families of the fallen heroes of support.
“The Okuoma killing has added to the care of the Nigerian Army and by extension, the Nigerian State, 10 widows, three of whom are four, five and eight months pregnant, 21 orphans, and many other dependents which include parents,” the army chief told the solemn gathering.
“While commiserating with the families of these gallant soldiers, I assure them that the Nigerian Army and the good people of this country will not leave them in the cold.”
The ceremony was attended by President Bola Tinubu, governors and other dignitaries.
At the event, President Tinubu promised support for the families of the victims.
He also announced scholarships for the children of the slain soldiers, including those in the womb.
President Tinubu, however, vowed that the killers would not go unpunished.
“We will find them, and our departed heroes will get justice,” the President said at the National Cemetery.
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