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Delta Ambush: DHQ Releases Identity of 17 Killed Personnel

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March 19, 2024
Identity of 17 soldiers slained in Okuama community in Delta while enroute to peace mission
Identity of 17 soldiers slained in Okuama community in Delta while enroute to peace mission

Delta Ambush: DHQ Releases Identity of 17 Killed Personnel

The Defence Headquarters has released the list of 17 military personnel killed in an attack in Delta State, southern Nigeria.

PRNigeria reports that the military personnel were killed last week in Okuama, a community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State on their way to a peace mission.

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The Defence Headquarters said days after the gruesome murder, that 17 personnel including the Commanding Officer of 181 Amphibious Battalion who is a Colonel, two majors, one captain, and 12 personnel of the battalion were among those killed.

“May the souls of the departed rest in peace,” the Nigerian Army wrote on its X handle alongside a photo collage of the personnel on Monday evening, March 18, 2024.

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