THOSE BEHIND SOLDIERS DEATH IN DELTA WILL NOT GO FREE – DEFENCE MINISTER VOWS
Mohammed Badaru, the Minister of Defence, has vowed that those responsible for the heinous act will not escape justice, saying that they will undoubtedly be apprehended and meant to face the full force of the law. This comes one week after the deaths of 17 military personnel in the Okuama community in the Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State.
The minister promised that the Federal Government and military authorities would not give up until the people responsible for the deaths of military personnel who were on a peace mission were brought to justice. He made this promise while he was visiting the troops of the one mechanised division in Kaduna to express his sympathies to the general officer commanding the division over the incident.
He also gave an update on the ongoing effort to rescue the abducted school children at the Kuriga community in Chikun local government area of Kaduna State, saying that the possibility of rescuing the students is in sight
“We have the power, will, strength and determination and our morale is high to end insecurity. I know what you have been doing to rescue the school children unhurt and keep the morale high, the President is behind you one hundred per cent,” he said.
“I have been briefed about your efforts to rescue the kidnapped school children. The strategies that I have been briefed about are going on very well and I am sure you will get them.
“We will free those children and bring them back to their parents. We thank you for your sleepless nights to keep us safe.”
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