President Bola Tinubu has vowed that the killers of Nigerian Army personnel who were on a peace mission in Delta State will not go unpunished.

At least 16 Nigerian soldiers were killed on a mission to douse clashes between two communities in Delta.

Brigadier General Tukur Gusau said in a statement that the troops from the 181 Amphibious Battalion deployed in the Bomadi region, were on a peace-keeping mission in Okuoma community when they were killed on Thursday, March 14. 

Fifteen bodies of the soldiers were reportedly recovered by soldiers of the Joint Task Force under the supervision of General Officer Commanding 6 Division, Nigerian Army, Major General Jamal Abdussalam.

Responding to the development, President Tinubu said the cowardly offenders responsible for this heinous crime will not go unpunished. 

In a statement he personally signed the president noted that the Defence Headquarters and Chief of Defence Staff have been granted full authority to bring to justice anybody found to have been responsible for this unconscionable crime against the Nigerian people.