By Gloria Ikibah
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, has described the killing of military personnel in Okuama Community of Delta State on the 16th of March 2024, as a national tragedy.
Ambassador Tuggar stated when he received the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Gwabin Musa, who led a delegation of top military brass to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In a statement by the Special Adviser on Media and Communications Strategy
to the Minister, Alkasim Abdulkadir, he condoled President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, the Defence Headquarters and the dependents of the deceased soldiers.
He prayed for the repose of their souls and asked the Almighty Lord to grant their families the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.
He therefore implored the relevant authorities to bring the perpetrators of the tragic act to justice.
Naijablitznews.com recalled that troops of the 181 Amphibious Battalion of the Nigerian Army were on a peaceful and mediatory mission after a reported communal clash between the Okuama and Okoloba Communities in Ughelli South and Bomadi LGAs of Delta State.