The Defence Headquarters has declared eight persons wanted over their roles in the recent killing of 17 military personnel in Delta State.
The military released the list on Thursday at a briefing in Abuja.
Those declared wanted are Prof. Ekpekpo Arthur, Andaowei Dennis Bakriri, Akevwru Daniel Omotegbo (a.k.a Amagben), Akata Malawa David, Sinclear Oliki, Clement Ikolo Ogenerukeywe, Reuben Baru, Igoli Ebi.
This is coming hours after the 17 slain soldiers were buried at the National Cemetery in Abuja on Wednesday.
The ceremony was attended by President Bola Tinubu, governors and other dignitaries.
At the event, President Tinubu promised support for the families of the victims.
He also announced scholarships for the children of the slain soldiers, including those in the womb.
President Tinubu, however, vowed that the killers would not go unpunished.
“We will find them, and our departed heroes will get justice,” the President said at the National Cemetery.
Monarch, varsity lecturer among wanted suspects
The newly-installed Ovie of Ewu-Urhobo Kingdom in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, Clement Ikolo, Urhukpe 1, is among the eight persons declared wanted by the Defence Headquarters over the March 14 killings of 17 officers and soldiers on peace mission at Okuama community, Delta State.
Okuama is one of the many communities under the Ewu-Urhobo Kingdom where the wanted Ikolo is the traditional ruler.
The Defence Headquarters had early Thursday, declared eight people wanted in connection to the killing.
Also declared wanted is the President-General of Ewu communities and renowned university lecturer, Prof Arthur Ekpekpo.
Also, on the list of those declared wanted is a suspected militant leader, Akevwru Daniel Omotegbono, aka Amagbein.
Soldiers had, a few days after the incident, tracked him to the Igbomoturu community in the Southern-Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State but missed him as he was believed to have gone underground.
On the list also are Atata Malaw David and Sinclair Oliki, who are suspected to be part of the Amagbein gang.
Others are Andaowei Dennis Bakriri and Igoli Ebi, who is supposedly the mother of one of the wanted persons as well as Reuben Baru, a young man, who made a viral video recently, narrating why the soldiers were killed.
.
