The House of Representatives has proposed that an investigation be carried out into the killings of the 17 military personnel in the Okuoma community, Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State, News About Nigeria reports.
The honourable member representing Ikorodu Federal Constituency, Babajimi Benson, gave this charge to the military while shaking on the floor of the House on Tuesday, describing the incident as mindless and unfortunate.
Recall that 17 soldiers deployed to the Delta community on a peace mission were attacked and killed last Thursday in an ambush.
He noted that the perpetrators of the horrible attack did not only stop at killing the military personnel but also went ahead to debase their remains by ripping out their hearts and other body parts.
He maintained that the fallen heroes were only responding to a distress call in their service to their fatherland when they were ambushed and killed on Thursday.
According to him, if the killings are left unchecked and the perpetrators are left to go scot-free, they have the potential to demoralise the military and affect the insecurity war, which, according to him, has so far recorded some successes.
“The perpetrators of this heinous act did not only stop at killing these military personnel but also went ahead to sacrilegiously debase their remains by ripping out their hearts and other body parts,” he said.
The House, therefore, mandated the Armed Forces of Nigeria to conduct a thorough and wholesome investigation into the circumstances that led to this heartless, gruesome, and despicable act and work with the relevant authorities to bring all perpetrators and their collaborators to book.
