Tragedy As Army Recovers 14 Bodies Of Soldiers Killed In Delta Community

EKO HOT BLOG reports that Fourteen deceased soldiers, who tragically lost their lives in the Okuama community of the Ughelli South Local Government Area in Delta State, have been recovered.

The bodies were retrieved by soldiers of the Joint Task Force, operating under the oversight of Major General Jamal Abdussalam, the General Officer Commanding 6 Division Nigerian Army, in the early hours of Saturday.

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According to reports from Channels Television, some of the recovered corpses were found to have been beheaded, while others had their stomachs and hearts ripped out. At the NDDC jetty in the coastal Delta community, the bodies of the commanding officer and two majors were discovered floating along the riverbank, while others were located separately on land.

This grim discovery comes after sixteen Nigerian soldiers, who were on a peacekeeping mission, were ambushed and killed by local youths on Thursday in Okuoma.

The Director of Information at the Defence Headquarters (DHQ), Tukur Gusau, made this known in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja.

He said the unfortunate incident occurred when the troops responded to a distress call after the communal crisis between the Okuama and Okoloba communities both in Delta State.

Gusau said the Commanding Officer of the reinforcement team, two Majors, one Captain, and 12 soldiers were killed in the process.

He also disclosed that the Chief of Defence Staff, Christopher Musa, has ordered a probe into the tragic killing of the four senior officers and 12 soldiers.

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Meanwhile, the entire communities in Bomadi and Ughelli south local government areas of Delta State have been cordoned off by operatives of the 6 Division Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, which also oversees the 63 Brigade in Asaba, the Delta State capital.

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