Elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, has condemned the recent killing of soldiers in Delta State, stressing that Nigeria has never witnessed such a tragedy before.
According to the leader of the Ijaw Nation, who spoke on Arise TV, the killing was wicked, shocking and barbaric.
Clark, who spoke on Tuesday in a live interview, told his interviewers: “What happened a few days ago is very shocking, very barbaric and wicked.
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“I think what is required really, the military together with the communities, all of us should take that task to look for these people who committed this murder.
“It is very, very important.
“In fact, I was so sad when I heard that Lieutenant Colonel (AH) Ali was involved because on Thursday, 14 March, I spoke to him. I think about 8:45, about my dead younger brother, Colonel Bernard Clark (retd), who died recently and was to be buried on Friday to have a military burial.
“I had to contact him.
“And he told me he was in a vehicle and that he would speak to me later, only to hear that he was among them.
“At that time he was speaking to me from Agbor in Delta State.
“There’s another one, Major B.
“I spoke to him about the same time on Wednesday.
“So I am indeed very, very sad that we should lose such people at a time.
“Even in the Boko Haram war, we have never lost soldiers like that.
“We all support Mr. President when he said the people should be looked for.”
The former Federal Commissioner for Information then told the military: “Well, my appeal to our gallant soldiers is that they should act maturely and not take the law into their own hands.
“I know they are provoked.
“We are all provoked.
“There are innocent children, pregnant women everywhere.
“As far as I am concerned, we should appeal to the military to take it easy.
“They have all the modern technology.
“They should be able to fish out very soon those who committed this crime.
“One should not blame the army so much for whatever must have happened.
“It’s all collateral damages.”
The Eagle Online recalls that 16 Officers and Soldiers of the 181 Amphibious Battalion, led by their Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel AH Ali, were killed by those described as irate youths in Delta State on March 14, 2024.
Other officers killed were two Majors and a Captain.