DHQ Unvails Names And Photographs Of Murdered Soldiers At Okuoma, Delta State
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Monday 18 Marc 2024 revealed the identities of the 17 Army personnel of the 181 Amphibious Battalion ambushed and killed by suspected youths in Okuama community of Ughelli South local government area of Delta State.
The personnels, comprising the Commanding Officer, three other senior officers and 13 soldiers were on a peace mission to Okuama community when members of the community launched unprovoked attacks, killing them on Thursday.
Okuama community is said to be involved in a communal clash with neighbouring Okoloba community of Bomadi local government area of the State.
The DHQ gave the names of the slain Army officers and soldiers as Lt. Col. AH Ali (Commanding Officer, 181 Amphibious Battalion); Major SD Shafa; Major DE Obi; Capt. U Zakari, and Sgt. Yahaya Saidu.
Others are, 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, and Pte Adamu Ibrahim. We pray that their gentle souls will find rest in the bosom of the Almighty 🙏
