Following the killing of 17 soldiers in the Delta State community, Service chiefs, on Wednesday appeared before the Senate Joint Committee comprising Army, Navy, Defence, and Airforce committees over the investigation into the killings.
Recall that last Thursday some military personnel who were on a peacekeeping mission in the state were ambushed and murdered in the Okuama community in the Ughelli South Local Government Area.
The Chairman of the joint committee, Ahmed Lawan, disclosed that due to the matter’s sensitivity, the investigative hearing will be held behind closed doors.
Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.
Latest posts by Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent) (see all)
- Illegal Mining: NSCDC Arrest Four Chinese Nationals - April 27, 2024
- Organizations Protest Inclusion Of Sugar In Baby Formula - April 27, 2024
- Netherlands To Activate $250 Million New Investments In Nigeria - April 26, 2024
previous
Borno State Government Approves N1 billion For Teachers’ Training
next
