President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will be attending the burial ceremony of 18 army personnel killed in Okuama Community, Delta state.
Army spokesperson, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu announced this in a statement on Tuesday, March 26.
The burial ceremony is scheduled for Wednesday, March 27.
He said President Bola Tinubu would be the Special Guest of Honour at the event.
According to Nwachukwu, the remains of the personnel would be laid to rest at about 3 pm at the National Cemetery, Abuja.
TNG recalls that on March 14, at least 17 senior military officers and soldiers of the 181 Amphibious Battalion, deployed to quell clashes between Okuoma and Okoloba communities in Delta, were ambushed and killed in Okuama Ughelli South Local Government Area of the state.