The incident occurred on Saturday, where 16 military personnel attached to the 181 Amphibious Battalion in Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State lost their lives while on a peacekeeping mission.
He said the four traffickers, who were arrested by of troops of Bravo Company, 120 Battalion at Katarko, were conveying the 19 children from Potiskum to Garin Tuwo, Bungai and Buni Yadi in Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe and Galarabala in
I pray for thelost souls; this is not a war; they went for a peaceful mission but were killed. This is nothing but a civilian coup against the military.''
It took the intervention of policemen from the Ughelli Area Command and soldiers drafted from the 222 Battalion of Operation Delta Safe, to stop the situation from increasing into a full scale war as armed youths from both communities were set
"The Chief of Army of Staff, Lt Gen Toareed Lagbaja, while commiserating with the families of the officers and soldiers who lost their lives, has directed that no stone should be left unturned until the perpetrators of this gruesome acts are
Ibrahim Ali, said that Hauwa Maltha and Esther Marcus, both serial numbers two and 103 in the list of the missing victims, were rescued by troops of 114 Taskforce Battalion Bitta at Lagara, under the 21 Armoured Brigade Bama during Operations