Senator representing Delta South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Joel-Onowakpo Thomas has condemned the gruesome murder of 16 soldiers in Okuama community, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State.
He described the killing a crisis taken too far.
The Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Defence, commiserated with the military and the immediate families of the slain soldiers
While calling for a holistic investigation into the remote causes of the crisis that led to the unwarranted killing of innocent soldiers, he emphasized on the need for the security agencies to go after the masterminds of the heinous crime.
Joel-Onowakpo who also sympathized with the families of those who may have lost their loved ones as a result of the crisis, sued for immediate intervention of both the state and federal governments to avoid further escalation of the crisis.
He stressed the need for the military to tactically deploy intelligence in the pursuit of the masterminds to avoid killing innocent children and women of Okuama community.
He advised the people of the community to join forces with the military to fish out the killers of the 16 soldiers.
It would be recalled that there has been a decade-long land dispute between the Okuama community of Ughelli South Local Government Area and Okoloba community of Bomadi Local Government Area in the State.
The soldiers were on a peace mission in the community before they were ambushed and murdered.
Delta Senator condemns killing of 16 soldiers, calls for calm
