Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has linked the killing of 16 soldiers in Okuama community to foreign mercenaries.
Daily Report Nigeria reports that the leader of the Nigerian Senafe said this during plenary on Tuesday.
Recall that not less than 16 soldiers including a major and two captains were ambushed and murdered by armed men had on Thursday, March 14.
The victims were on a peace mission to the community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State.
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Speaking on Tuesday during a debate on two merged motions by Senators Abdulaziz Yar’Adua, APC, Katsina Central, and Edeh Dafinone, APC, Delta Central, Akpabio opined that those who killed the soldiers may be mercenaries.
“We are not at war. I don’t think they are from the Niger Delta. They may be mercenaries,” Akpabio said before ordering a probe into incident.
The Red Chamber also tasked its Committee on Defence, Army, Navy, and Air Force to liaise with the Military authorities to get more information on the remote and immediate cause of what it described as “a dastardly act.”
The Upper Chamber, however, rejected a prayer to observe a minute silence or to commiserate with the families of innocent civilians killed in the process, saying that their numbers are still unknown.
While the Senate rejected an additional prayer for relief materials for the community by the National Emergency Management Agency, the Upper Chamber resolved that families of the killed soldiers should be compensated immediately as moved by the Deputy Senate President, Senator Jibrin Barau, and seconded by Senator Tony Nwoye.”
