Tag: Soldiers

We’re investigating viral video of Soldiers engaging with some bandits in Katsina state – DHQ

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The Defence Headquarters has reacted to a video clip in circulation across the social media handles of some soldiers engaging with bandits somewhere in Katsina State. A statement signed by Director ,Defence Information ,Brig.General Tukur Gusau said DHQ was currently investigating the video to confirm its authenticity as regards the soldiers seen in uniform. He maintained that the DHQ was aware of the resolve of some bandits to repent and hand over their weapons to the authority. This he said was yeilding good results and was ongoing. “The Chief of…

REUTERS’ REPORT: Brig Gen.Gurala appears before NHRC Panel,says it’s impossible to link soldiers to abortion assaults, massacre of Children

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The Brigade Commander 28 task force Chibok,Brigadier General Meyidi Markus Gurala has proclaimed that it was not possible to link soldiers to any form of abortion assaults against women and girls or mass killing of children because most of the communities had fled following their dislodgement by the insurgents “before our military operations started”. General Gurala stated that the situation on ground in his Command in Adamawa state particularly between 2013 and 2014 made various localities flee to more developed and safer places like Mubi where Boko Haram insurgents did…

BREAKING : How Soldiers Opened Fire On SARS Operatives Who Repelled Boko Haram Attack

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There was confusion in Mainok, a town along the Maiduguri-Damaturu road in Borno state, after soldiers reportedly opened fire on a team of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) operatives who engaged Boko Haram fighters in a fierce battle. SARS is a unit of the Nigeria Police Force. Villages along the road which connects Borno and Yobe states have been badly affected in the resurgence of Boko Haram attacks in the last one month. On Monday, the insurgents stormed Mainok in large numbers. Some soldiers and the villagers were said to have…

How Soldiers Helped Me Escape – Wadume

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Hamisu Bala, a notorious billionaire kidnap kingpin, also known as Wadume, has confessed that men of the Nigeria Army actually helped him escape on August 6 after he was arrested by the police. Two police officers attached to the special anti-kidnap squad of the Inspector General of Police and a civilian were killed when soldiers opened fire on them. It had been earlier reported that the Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba, had earlier issued a statement that the Police Operatives, led by ASP Felix Adolije of the Intelligence…

Soldiers Kill Three Police Operatives, One Civilian In Taraba · …. IGP orders full – fledged investigations

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The Inspector General of Police, IGP Muhammad Adamu has ordered full-fledged investigations into the circumstances surrounding the death of three Police operatives and one Civilian, and serious injury to other Police operatives, who were on investigation activities to Ibi, Taraba State, to arrest one Alhaji Hamisu indicted in a series of high-profile kidnap incidents in the State. The Police Operatives, led by ASP Felix Adolije of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) reportedly came under sudden attack and serious shooting by soldiers of the Nigerian Army, along Ibi – Jalingo Road,…