Okuama Murders: President Tinubu to confer posthumous national awards on the 17 military personnel

President Bola Tinubu, yesterday,  assured that the sacrifices of the 17 soldiers killed last week in Okuama, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, would not be in vain. Speaking during the breaking of the Ramadan fast at State House, Abuja, with Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, and the leadership of the House, President Tinubu said the deceased military personnel would be given a befitting burial and national honours. Commenting on the death of the military men on national duty, President Tinubu said, “In responding to distress calls, they met the end of their lives in a savage manner. Let us work to sympathize and symbolize the fact that they are worth the sacrifices they have made for Nigeria. We salute all our men and women in uniform, and we sympathize with them. I will soon make further pronouncements, but they must have a befitting burial and national honours.”