Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, the Chief of Army Staff, has accused youths in the Delta State community of stealing important body parts from the 17 soldiers who were killed.

The 17 soldiers who were killed at the Okuama community in Delta State, according to Lagbaja, were among the best soldiers in the Nigerian Army.

According to the Army chief, their body parts were mutilated and dispersed across the Okuama community.

Speaking on Wednesday during the 17 soldiers’ funerals at the Military Cemetery in Abuja, Lagbaja stated: “As a profession that deals with life and death, when soldiers die in the hands of the enemies of the state, we take it as dying for what the nation considers as a just cause, but when they are gruesomely murdered by the very people they are trained to protect, it is highly demoralizing.

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“It’s no longer news that 17 of the Nigerian Army’s finest men were murdered in Okuama while on a legitimate peacekeeping mission.

“It grieves my heart that it took our search and recovery effort over 72 hours to recover some vital organs, the decapitated and disembowelled bodies of my men that were scattered all over the Okuama community by the youths.

“I consider it the most barbaric attack any citizen or community can commit against the state, and I must place on record that a lot of restraint has been exercised in our recovery effort for missing arms, ammunition, other equipment and body parts.

“The Nigerian Army will not be deterred by setbacks such as that of Okuama community.

“The Nigerian Army in conjunction with sister security agencies, is committed to bringing the perpetrators to book and recover all arms taken from the murdered troops.”

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