Fresh reports hitting the desk of Africa Today News, New York has revealed that the remains of the missing in action Lieutenant and six soldiers have finally been recovered by the search and reinforcement team which had been deployed to comb Bwari in the aftermath of the terrorist’s ambush on some of the officers and soldiers of the Presidential Guards in Abuja.
According to a security report on the recovery, “(Capt Samuel and Lieutenant Jauro ) x 6 KIA (Killed In Action). Their bodies were found on Tuesday evening.”
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The report titled, “Ambush Against own Troops of Gds Brde”, explained that three soldiers were injured during the attack by the terrorists.
The report, while noting that while the wounded soldiers were evacuated to the NAOWA hospital in Abuja for treatment, lamented that the terrorists attacked the troops within Bwari, possibly to carry out their plans of attacking the Nigerian Law School in Bwari area.
In another report, all its state commands in Nigeria have been placed on alert by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) following intelligence reports that elements of the Boko Haram Terrorists, as well as those of Islamic State West Africa Province ISWAP, have heightened plots to attack the nation’s capital, Abuja and five other states including Lagos.
The leaked memo dated July 25 and signed by the Deputy Commandant General DCG Operations, Dauda Danladi Mungadi which was addressed to all state commands of the NSCDC, the Corps said two separate bandit groups have also concluded plans to attack Abuja and others.
The memo reads; ‘We have received credible intelligence that Boko-Haram and the ISWAP Terrorist groups have mobilised fighters and high calibre weapons particularly Rocket propelled Grenade (RPG) launchers, Anti-Aircraft (AA) guns and General Purpose Machine Guns (GPMGS) which they intend to deploy for the offensive in Katsina State.
The memo further read; ‘In another development, two separate bandits groups are plotting coordinated attacks on North-West, North Central and South West (Katsina, Zamfara, Kaduna, Kogi, FCT and Lagos) respectively.
‘Consequently the Commandant General has directed you scale up deployment in all strategic places including: Schools, Worship Centres and Critical National Assets in your respective states to checkmate any possible threats by these criminal elements. Please treat as urgent’.