Retired Army General, Cecil Esekhaigbe has called for training and retraining of military troops in order to avert falling prey of further ambush.
Cecil who made the call while speaking on monitored televised interview on Monday says 16 military personnel who were gruesomely murdered last Thursday in the Okuama community of Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State were ambushed by residents of the community.
General Esekhaigbe noted that the soldiers were not in the coastal community with an intention to fight but to find out why their colleagues who were on peace-keeping mission to the village were held hostage, adding that had the soldiers gone to Okuama prepared, not one of them would have been killed.
However, over the weekend, some angry soldiers patrolling the creeks allegedly razed the village after their colleagues were killed, even as residents of the coastal community fled to neighboring Ughelli.
Meanwhile, Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, who condemned the killing of the soldiers, has since faulted the military’s reprisal, saying innocent people cannot be attacked, even in a war situation.
– Opeoluwa Micheal-Ayobami
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