Following the recent murder of 11 soldiers and their captain in Bonta village of Benue State, the minister of Defence Bashir Magashi has led a high-powered armed forces delegation made up of all the security chiefs to the State.
Magashi expressed the Nigerian Armed Forces disappointment over the killing but says it will not relent in its duty of protecting lives of the people.
The Minister of Defence who equally expressed the President’s displeasure over the killing of soldiers, said barbarism and anything that tries to make Nigeria ungovernable would not be accepted.
He stated that for the morale of the soldiers to be restored, perpetrators of the dastardly act must be apprehended and made to face the wrath of the law, pointing out that they were also in the state to restore confidence in the troops.
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Governor Samuel Ortom expressed his deep sympathies with the President and the Armed Forces over the barbaric act.
The Governor who acknowledged the enormous support and contributions of security agencies especially the military in ensuring peace in the State said he had directed stakeholders from Konshisha Local Government Area to fish out the perpetrators of the heinous crime
He pledged his administration’s support and cooperation with security agencies to ensure that those responsible for the dastardly act were apprehended and brought to justice.
Editor Paul Akhagbemhe
