The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Taoreed Lagbaja, has revealed that three of the widows of the 17 military personnel killed in Okuama are pregnant.

The Army Chief stated this when the slain soldiers were laid to rest at the National Military Cemetery, Abuja.

The soldiers were murdered by vicious residents of the riverine Okuoma village on March 14, 2024, when the men in uniform were on a peace mission to warring Okuama and Okoloba communities in the area.

General Lagbaja described the killing of the soldiers as “most barbaric,"  saying it took 72 hours after the unfortunate incident to recover the mutilated bodies of the slain soldiers.

He assured the family members of the slain of full support by the army.

General Lagbaja also described the recent killing of military personnel in Delta State as demoralizing.

In his remarks, the Chief of Defense Staff, General Christopher Musa, restated that the military will fish out the perpetrators of the gruesome murder.