Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has condemned the gruesome murder of former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh by unknown gunmen yesterday.
In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Charles Aniagwu, Governor Okowa condemned in strongest terms killing of the retired general who dedicated his lifetime to the service of his country.
The Governor tasked security agencies in the country to rise to the ocassion by unmasking the assailants and bringing them to justice.
Okowa lauded Badeh for initiating the Optimizing Local Engineering (OLE 1 and 2) to focus on developing indigenous Unarmed Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and other weapon systems that resulted in the production of the AMEBO project (aka GULMA 1 UAV) the 1st locally produced drone in Nigeria which allowed the Air Force survey and carry out attacks remotely without putting the lives of pilots at risk.
The Statement further said “Badeh initiated and constructed the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) extension complex…
