Dr. Alex Otti, the Abia State Governor, on Sunday, 9th of June, 2024 paid a visit to the family of Cpl Lucky Ikechukwu Ikpeama, one of the soldiers killed by yet-to-be-identified gunmen at Obikabia Junction, Obingwa Local Government Area.
The Cpl Ikpeama hailed from same village, Nvosi, in Isialangwa South Local Government Area, as Governor Alex Otti.
The deceased, one of the five soldiers ambushed and k!lled by the gunmen while celebrating Biafra’s Day, on Thursday, 30th of May, 2024 at his duty post, left behind a young wife with about four-month-old baby, and an aged mother.
According to the statement issued out by the chief press secretary to the state government, Kazie Uko, on Monday, 10th of June, 2024, Governor Otti commiserated with the family and reiterated his promise that the State Government will take up the responsibility of training the children of the slain soldiers on scholarship up to university level.
The Governor was received on arrival by the uncle of the deceased soldier, who informed him that the family has slated Thursday, June 13, 2024 for the soldier’s burial, having applied and consequently granted approval by the army authorities to bury the corpse. [CONTINUE READING HERE]>>>>>
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