Military authorities in Nigeria on Monday officially revealed the identities of soldiers who were brutally killed by suspected militants in Delta State last week.
NewsBand reported that 16 soldiers of 181 Amphibious Battalion who were on a peace mission in Okuama and Okoloba Communities in Ughelli South and Bomadi local government area of Delta State were murdered by gunmen in the communities.
The unfortunate incident has continued to gain the attention of concerned Nigerians both at home and abroad.
However, the Nigerian army in a statement issued on Monday by it’s spokesman, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu said there “will be no reprisal on the part of the troops”.
Onyema promised that those behind the massacre will be apprehended and prosecuted accordingly.
Below is the full list of soldiers killed in Delta.
LT Col Ah Ali
Major SD Shafa
Major De Obi
Capt U Zakari
SSgt Yahaya Saidu
Cpl Yahaya Danbaba
Cpl Kabir Bashir
LCpl Bulus Haruna
LCpl Sole Opeyemi
Lcpl Bello Anas
LCpl Hamman Peter
LCpl Ibrahim Abdullahi
Pte Alhaji Isah
Pte Clement Francis
Pte Abubakar Ali
Pte Ibrahim Adamu
Pte Adamu Ibrahim.
