President Tinubu present at the funeral of 17 slain soldiers
President Bola Tinubu today led governors, federal lawmakers, top military brass, dignitaries, families and friends of 17 gallant military personnel gruesomely murdered in Delta State to lay wreaths in honour of the slain officers and soldiers.
The President who was the Special Guest of Honour at the solemn event that happened at the National Military Cemetery, Abuja was present alongside the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa; Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-General Taoreed Lagbaja; Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar, and Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla to pay final respects for the fallen heroes.
Also present were the Deputy Senate President, Jibrin Barau; and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas having led members of the both red and green chambers to honour the slain military personnel.
Governors Sheriff Oborevwori (Delta), Duoye Diri (Bayelsa), Usman Ododo (Kogi), Uba Sani (Kaduna), Hope Uzodimma (Imo), and Abba Yusuf (Kano) were conspicuously present alongside other members of their state executives.
The President joined the solemn assembly at exactly 04:10pm in “honour of our men of gallantry and valor” who paid the supreme price.
After the opening processions, prayers, laying of military paraphernalia on caskets which housed the remains of the slain soldiers, and the sound of the bugle, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-General Taoreed Lagbaja, mourned the “gallant heroes”, saying it is highy demoralising that the citizens the soldiers tried to protect ended up killing them.
The soldiers were murdered by vicious residents of the riverine Okuoma village on March 14, 2024 when the men in uniform were on a peace mission to warring Okuama and Okoloba communities in the area.
Dolupo Balogun
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