The House of Representatives has appealed with the military to refrain from retaliating against innocent Deltans in the wake of the murder of their colleagues.
Considering a motion of urgent national importance by Honourable Babajimi Benson at Tuesday’s plenary, the House said it was concerned that the incident posed a risk of demoralizing the military.
The House therefore pleaded with the military to abide by the law and “avoid further retaliation.”
Meanwhile, lawmakers observed a minute of silence for the slain military personnel and mandated the security agencies to conduct a thorough investigation into the matter to bring the perpetrators to book.
The House Committee on Defence will also lead the investigation and reconciliation process to avoid further escalation.
Those murdered according to the defense headquarters are:
– Lt Col AH Ali, the Command Officer, 181 Amphibious Battalion, Nigerian Army
– Maj SD Shafa (N/13976)
– Maj DE Obi (N/14395)
– Capt U Zakari (N/16348)
– SSgt Yahaya Saidu (#3NA/36/2974)
– Cpl Yahaya Danbaba (1ONA/65/7274)
– Col Kabiru Bashir (11NA/66/9853)
– LCol Bulus Haruna (16NA/TS/5844)
– Lal Sole Opeyemi (17NA/760719)
– LCpl Bello Anas (17NA/76/290)
– LCpl Hamman Peter (NA/T82653)
– LCpl Ibrahim Abdullahi (18NA/77/1191)
– Pte Alhaji Isah (17NA/76/6079)
– Pte Clement Francis (19NA/78/0911)
– Pte Abubakar Ali (19NA/78/2162)
– Pte Ibrahim Adamu (19NA/78/6079)
– Pte Adamu Ibrahim (21NA/80/4795).
The Okuama community was razed following the killing, however, the Nigerian Army assured residents of the area of no reprisal attacks.
“While law-abiding citizens are assured that there will be no reprisal on the part of the troops, we enjoin all to go about their normal activities, even as ongoing efforts are scaled up to positively identify and isolate the criminals to account for their atrocious deeds,”
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