The Defence headquarters on Monday night made known the identities of the Nigerian Army Battalion Commander, two Majors, one Captain and 12 soldiers killed by attackers in Okuoma community on March 14, 2024.

Their names and pictures were shared on the X account of the DHQ.

The fallen heroes, serving with the 181 Amphibious Battalion, were on a peace-keeping mission to quell community clashes in Bomadi Local Government of Delta State when the incident occurred. 

The Nigerian Army in a statement on Monday, by its Director, Army Public Relations, Maj. Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, had said that the killing of its personnel in Delta state was “communally orchestrated” by members of the Okuoma community.

He lamented that rather than help to provide assistance to arrest the perpetrators of the crime, the community has been resorting to propaganda.