17 soldiers lost their lives in a horrific Delta attack; identities released by the Army

The identities of slain soldiers are not often made public by the Nigerian Army.The identities of the 17 soldiers who were slain in a horrifying attack in Delta State last week have been made public by the Nigerian Army.On Thursday, March 14, 2024, while on a mission in the Okuama hamlet in the Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta, the soldiers of the 181 Amphibious Battalion were slain in an ambush.In reaction to a reported communal altercation between the community and Okoloba in Bomadi LGA of Delta, the military said that they were on a "peaceful and mediatory mission". Although the Nigerian Army generally dislikes revealing the names of deceased soldiers to the public, particularly when there are large numbers of deaths, it made an exception for the Okuama victims in a publication. Names of fallen soldiers in Delta: Lt Col AH Ali Maj SD Shafa Maj DE Obi Capt U Zakari SSgt Yahaya Saidu Cpl Yahaya Danbaba Cpl Kabiru Bashir LCpl Bulus Haruna LCpl Sole Opeyemi LCpl Bello Anas LCpl Hamman Peter LCpl Ibrahim Abdullahi Pte Alhaji Isah Pte Clement Francis Pte Abubakar Ali Pte Ibrahim Adamu Pte Adamu Ibrahim