The Defence headquarters 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 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 officers and soldiers listed are are:
LT COL AH ALI COMMANDING OFFICER 181 AMPHIBIOUS BATTALION NIGERIAN ARMY
– Maj SD Shafa (N/13976)
– Maj DE Obi (N/14395)
Capt U Zakari (N/16348)
– Staff Sgt Yahaya Saidu (#3NA/36/2974)
– Cpl Yahaya Danbaba (1ONA/65/7274)
– Cpl Kabiru Bashir (11NA/66/9853)
LCpl Bulus Haruna (16NA/TS/5844)
– LCpl Sole Opeyemi (17NA/760719)
– LCpl Bello Anas (17NA/76/290)
LCpl Hamman Peter (NA/T82653)
– LCpl Ibrahim Abdullahi (18NA/77/1191)
– Pte Alhaji Isah (17NA/76/6079)
– Pte Clement Francis (19NA/78/0911)
– Pte Abubakar Ali (19NA/78/2162)
– Pte Ibrahim Adamu (19NA/78/6079)
– Pte Adamu Ibrahim (21NA/80/4795)