Live Updates: Grief as 17 Soldiers Killed in Delta Set For Burial, Tinubu in Move

The graves are set for the burial of the 17 soldiers gruesomely killed in the Okuama community in the Ughelli local government area of Delta state on Thursday, March 14.

President Bola Tinubu is expected at the burial of the senior military officers, which will be held at the army cemetery in Abuja, the Nigeria capital, on Wednesday, March 27.

Bodies of 17 soldiers killed soldiers arrived Abuja cementary

The remains of 17 military personnel comprising four officers and 13 soldiers gruesomely murdered by some irate youths in the Okuama community in Delta State during a peace mission on March 14, 2024, have arrived at the National Military Cemetery, Abuja, for burial on Wednesday.

The bodies, which arrived at about 2:30pm, were conveyed by the FCT Ambulance Emergency Services and other vehicles.

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