Ortom apologises to families of 12 slain soldiers

“If I said anything that was offensive to the families, I ask for their forgiveness,” he said.
“I earlier said only two soldiers were involved based on the information available to me at that time.”
He also apologised to President Muhammadu Buhari and the chief of army staff.
Ortom made the apology at the burial of the slain military personnel at the Military Cemetery in Wurukum area of Makurdi, the Benue State capital.
The bodies of the 12 military personnel including one Captain Adeolu Adedayo and 11 soldiers were interred in the presence of the Governor, Commander of Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), Major General Adeyemi Yekini, the Commanding Officer, 72 Battalion, other military personnel as well as family members of the deceased soldiers.

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