The Army last night requested the Okuoma community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State to identify those who killed its officers and men.

It also released the names of those slain.

The Army, in a post captioned “Rest in Peace our Fallen Heroes” on its X-handle, put their number at 17 and not 16 as widely reported by the media.

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) also re-twitted the list.

The list contains the names of four officers and 13 soldiers.

These are Lt. Col. A.H Ali, Maj Safa, Maj D.E Obi, and Cap U. Zakari.

The soldiers are Staff Sergeant Yahaya Saidu, Corporal Yahaya Danbaba, Corporal Kabir Bashir, Lance Corporals Bulus Haruna, Sole Opeyemi, Bello Anas, Haman Peter and Ibrahim Abdullahi.

The rest are Privates Alhaji Isah, Clement Francis, Abubakar Ali, Ibrahim Adamu and Adamu Ibrahim.

The officers and soldiers were on a peace mission when youths believed to be Okuoma indigene ambushed and murdered them.

Outrage greeted the dastardly act from Nigerians, who viewed the situation as unbecoming.

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