No fewer than eight persons on Thursday were declared wanted by the Nigerian army in connection with the killings of 17 soldiers and officers in the Okuama Community of Delta State.
Those declared wanted include a professor, Prof. Ekpekpo Arthur; a woman, Mrs Igoli Ebi; Reuben Baru; Akata Malawa David; and four other persons.
The Director of Defence Media Operations, Edward Buba, a Major-General, who disclosed this at an ongoing press briefing at Defence Headquarters, Abuja, said no bounty was placed on the wanted persons.
Buba called on the stakeholders and traditional rulers across the country, particularly in the Niger Delta, to help the military in fishing out those who had been declared wanted.
The Informant247 reports that the troops of 181 Amphibious Batallion, Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State, were surrounded by some youths and killed on Thursday, 14 March 2024, while on a peace mission to Okuoma Community.
The incident, which occurred when the troops responded to a distress call after the communal crisis between the Okuama and Okoloba communities, both in Delta State, had generated outrage nationwide.
The murdered officers were buried at the National Military Cemetery, Abuja, on Wednesday. President Bola Tinubu and other top government functionaries attended the burial.