President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has conferred national honours on 17 members of the Nigerian Army who were killed in Delta State on March 14, 2024 just as he announced provision of housing facilities for surviving family members and scholarships for all their children to the university level.
President Tinubu who announced these during the burial ceremony of the slain servicemen at the National Military Cemetery in Abuja on Wednesday, also directed the payment of death benefits to the family members within 90 days.
Similarly,Tinubu conferred posthumous national honour of Member of the Order of the Niger on the Commanding Officer 181 Amphibious Battalion, Lt. Col. A.H Ali; Maj S.D Shafa (N/13976); Maj D.E Obi (N/14395) and Capt U Zakari (N/16348).
He also conferred the honour of Officer of the Order of the Niger on SSgt Yahaya Saidu (#3NA/36/2974); Cpl Yahaya Danbaba (1ONA/65/7274); Cpl Kabiru Bashir (11NA/66/9853); LCpl Bulus Haruna (16NA/TS/5844); LCpl Sola Opeyemi (17NA/760719); LCpl Bello Anas (17NA/76/290); LCpl Hamman Peter (NA/T82653); LCpl Ibrahim Abdullahi (18NA/77/1191); Pte Alhaji Isah (17NA/76/6079); Pte Clement Francis (19NA/78/0911); Pte Abubakar Ali (19NA/78/2162); Pte Ibrahim Adamu (19NA/78/6079) and Pte Adamu Ibrahim (21NA/80/4795).
Also speaking, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, 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.
He also said that a total of 21 children had been orphaned and 10 women widowed by the actions of the culprits
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