Killing Of Soldiers: Senate Begins Investigation, Akpabio Says Perpetrators May Not Be Nigerians
As the incident of Thursday’s killing of 16 officers and men of the 181 Amphibious Battalion at Okuama in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta generate more controversies, the Senate has commenced investigation into the matter.
Meanwhile coming up with another point of argument, President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio has said that those involved in the killing may not be from the Niger Delta geo-political zone of the country or even from Nigeria.
Akpabio who spoke on Tuesday during debate on two merged motions by Senators Abdulaziz Yar’Adua, APC, Katsina Central and Edeh Dafinone, APC, Delta Central, noted the youths who killed the Soldiers may be mercenaries.
He said that we are not at war, adding, ”I don’t think they are from the Niger Delta. They may be mercenaries.”
The Senate has begun a probe into the killings as it has asked its Committee on Defence, Army, Navy and Air Force to liaise with the Military authorities to get more information on the remote and immediate cause of what it described as a dastardly act.
The Senate has called on the Federal Government to apprehend the perpetrators of the horrific killing of military personnel.
The Upper Legislative Chamber equally called for the recruitment of more policemen so that the military would not be dragged into civil matters.
The Senate however rejected a prayer to observe a minute silence or to commiserate with the families of innocent civilians killed in the process, saying that their numbers are still unknown.
While the Senate rejected an additional prayer for relief materials for the community by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) as proposed by Senator Dafinone, the Upper Chamber resolved that families of the killed soldiers should be compensated immediately as moved by the Deputy Senate President, Senator Barau Jibrin (APC Kano North) and seconded by Senator Tony Nwoye (LP, Anambra North).
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