The Senate has backed President and Commander-in-Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces, Bola Tinubu,’s directive to the military high command to find those responsible for the gruesome murder of military officers in Delta State, describing the act as the “perfidious height of barbaric and heinous crime”.
The Senate’s position was outlined in a statement signed by Yemi Adaramodu, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Publicity, and made accessible to journalists in Abuja on Monday.
“We consequently support The President, the commander-in-chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces, President Tinubu’s charge to the security authorities to smoke out the undesirable outlaws, who put off the glowing lights of those promising officers and men, adding, May their souls rest in perfect peace,” the statement went on to say.
“The Nigeria Armed Forces need our maximum cooperation, prayers, and support at this trying period in our nation, as they conduct operations all over the country to restore peace and stability in troubled locations,” the statement stated.
“We salute the courage of the departed military men as they have paid the supreme price performing the ultimate act of service to the nation” .
He went on to say that “the Senate leadership and all Distinguished Senators of the 10th Senate, condemn this attack and convey their deepest condolences to the Chief of Defence Staff, Chief of Army Staff, the Nigerian Army, Officers and men of Operation Delta Safe as well as the families of all the personnel, who have lost their lives.”