- By Halimah Olamide
Opposition leader, Atiku Abubakar, has cautioned the Nigerian Army and other security forces against blanket destruction of the Okuama community in Delta state. In his response to the killing of soldiers by hoodlums in the community, Atiku, who was the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 general election, the action of the hoodlums stands “condemned.”
“The brutal killing of over a dozen Nigerian soldiers in Okuama in the Ughelli South Local Government Area and Okolaba in the Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State stands condemned,” he said via his X handle adding that “There can never be a justification for a premeditated killing of soldiers on a legitimate assignment.”
He went ahead, “Even as we grieve the loss of these soldiers, who are not only Nigerians but have families and dependants, I urge restraints by the military authorities in its response. I would recommend that the culprits be arrested and prosecuted.” NPO Reports that attention has been on the Delta community after news of the killing of soldiers which comprised a Commander, two Majors, a Captain and 12 other soldiers. President Bola Tinubu has, Sunday evening, given an order that the killers must be fished out saying an attack on men of the armed forces goes to the core of nationhood.