A Military Board of Inquiry constituted by the Defence Headquarters to investigate the killing of 17 soldiers in Okuama Community, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta, has commenced sitting.
The meeting, which started at about 3.45pm yesterday, with six stakeholders from the Okoloba Community, Bomadi Local Government Area, in attendance, convened at the Governor’s Office Annexe in Warri South Local Government Area of the state.
The Okuama Community was, however, not represented.
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The press was barred from the meeting which saw the Director-General, Political and Security Services in Delta, Mr David Tonwe, usher the Okoloba stakeholders into the meeting room.
The slain soldiers, made up of a Commanding Officer, two Majors, a Captain, and 13 others, were said to have been ambushed and murdered on March 14.
They were said to have been responding to the crisis between Okoloba and Okuama communities who had allegedly been engaged in an age-long land dispute.
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