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The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has described the recent killing of military personnel in Delta State as demoralising. He noted that it was sad that those responsible for their deaths were those they swore to protect. According to him, the personnel were on a legitimate duty when they met their deaths. […]

The remains of the military personnel killed in Delta State recently have arrived at the National Military Cemetery in Abuja. The bodies arrived at around 2:39 pm in different ambulance vehicles. The PUNCH reports that military personnel consisting of four officers and 13 soldiers were killed on March 14 by some irate youths in the Okuama community. […]

The Defence Headquarters on Monday promised that there would be appropriate responses and severe consequences for the killers of its personnel in Delta State. No less than 15 military personnel were killed during a communal clash over a land dispute in Bomadi and Okuoma communities in Delta State. The personnel were part of the 181 Amphibious Battalion […]