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  • GOC urges Nigerians in border communities to report any security

    GOC urges Nigerians in border communities to report any security

    The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Enugu, Maj.-Gen. Adamu Abubakar, has urged Nigerians in border communities to report any security infraction to security agencies.

    A statement issued on Thursday in Enugu by the Division’s Deputy Director of Public Relations, Col. Sagir Musa, quoted Abubakar as making the call when he visited Danare 1 and Danare 2 communities, which are border communities with Cameroon, on Wednesday, Feb. 28.

    Abubakar said that the fact finding and assessment visit was a follow-up to the elaborate security stakeholders meeting presided over by the GOC on behalf of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.- Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Feb. 27, at 245 Reconnaissance Battalion, Ikom, Cross River.

    The GOC thanked the communities for their patience and being law abiding, and urged them to report any security infraction to the security agencies.

    Abubakar assured them of the resolve of the government and the Nigerian Armed Forces to protect Nigerian citizens anywhere.

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    The GOC during the visit had interactive session with the traditional rulers, women leaders and youths of the communities, where he was briefed on the situation by the High Chief of Danare 2, Chief Ndep Ogar.

    Ogar appealed to the relevant authorities to as a matter of necessity, station a permanent security presence in the area to protect the lives and property of Nigerians.

    The Newsmen reports that Danare 2 community, which is an agrarian and fragmented farming community located on the fringe of Boki Council area in Cross River, shares border with Cameroon.

    NAN

  • Herdsman bags one year jail for theft, grievous hurt

    Herdsman bags one year jail for theft, grievous hurt

    A Jos Upper Area Court, sitting in Kasuwan Nama, Jos North Local Government Area, on Thursday sentenced a 28-year old herdsman, Adamu Abubakar, to one year imprisonment for theft and causing grievous hurt.

    The Judge, Mr Yahaya Mohammed, sentenced Abubakar after he pleaded guilty to a two-count charge.

    Mohammed, however, did not give the convict an option of fine.

    Prosecutor M. Labaran had told the court that one Yusuf Abdullahi reported the matter at Angwan Rogo Police Station on Dec. 30, 2017.

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    Labaran said the complainant reported that Adamu Abubakar, 28; Sabiu Ibrahim, 25; Yusuf Sulieman and Lawiza Mohammed now at large, conspired and attacked him.

    He said the convict and his gang members injured the complainant on the neck and head, collected N3, 000 cash and cell phone worth N10, 000.

    Labaran said the convict made confessional statement and admitted the crime.

    The prosecutor said the offence contravened sections 288 and 103 of the Penal Code.

    NAN

  • Officers’ promotion exam: Army urge Enugu residents not to panic

    Officers’ promotion exam: Army urge Enugu residents not to panic

    The Nigerian Army has urged residents of Enugu not to panic as they see sporadic movement of military vehicles and personnel during the Captain and Major Practical Promotion Examination 2017.

    Col. Sagir Musa, Deputy Director Public Relations of 82 Division Nigerian Army, Enugu, said this in a statement issued in Enugu on Monday.

    Musa said the exercise, which would run between Oct. 16 and Oct.20, would involve movement of vehicles conveying troops to selected field locations for the examination.

    According to him, members of the public in Enugu city and Nsude – Udi community along 9th Mile general area are hereby informed not to worry when they notice the exercise.

    “In line with the directive of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, the 82 Division Nigerian Army is set to host Captain – Major Practical Promotion Examination 2017, from Oct. 16 – Oct. 20.

    “The examination is intended to test the intellectual and professional ability of the candidates as well as to improve on their capacity and knowledge base in the discharge of their duties.

    “Eligible candidates will be tested on map reading, tactics and low intensity conflicts, communications, staff duties and French language.

    “The Headquarters Training and Doctrine Command ( TRADOC ) Nigerian Army, will conduct the examination in 82 Division Area of Responsibility.

    “A team of observers from the Headquarters, directing staff and members of the examination panel drawn from formations and units of the Nigerian Army will be involved in the conduct of the exercise,’’ he said.

    Musa said that the Commander TRADOC, Maj.-Gen. Rasheed Yusuf, would address the 130 candidates and the directing staff at the division’s auditorium before the commencement of the exercise.

    He said that the General Officer Commanding 82 Division Nigerian Army, Enugu, Maj.-Gen. Adamu Abubakar, would also make some remarks at the occasion.

    NAN

  • Army lunches operation crocodile smile II in C/River

    Army lunches operation crocodile smile II in C/River

    The Nigerian Army has lunched the second phase of its operation code name `Crocodile Smile II’ in Cross River.

    Maj.-Gen. Adamu Abubakar, General Officer Commanding (GOC) 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Enugu lunched the operation on Wednesday in Calabar.

    He said the operation was meant to complement the ongoing `Operation Python Dance in the South-East.

    He said the operation was in line with the Army’s efforts to curb militancy, kidnapping, armed robbery, cultism and other forms of illegality in the state and beyond.

    The Commander, 13 Brigade, Nigerian Army Calabar, Brig.-Gen. Ismaila Isa, conducted the GOC round the creeks of Ikang in Bakassi LGA to the Amphibious Training School fleet yard in Calabar by speed boat.

    Abubakar said: “from Ikang in Bakassi local government to the Calabar channel, I can say that the soldiers have been doing well in protecting the coastal areas along with the navy.

    “I am happy that the Director of the State Security Service also went with us throughout the sea patrol.

    “It shows that we are united in providing security to the people of the state and beyond.

    “I am very certain that this exercise will help in securing our nation just as we recorded tremendous success in exercise Egwu Eke.

    “Crocodile smile cut across four divisions; they include 81, 2, 6 and 82 divisions respectively.

    “We hope to record successful outcome at the end of the operation on the 28 of Oct.

    “What we are doing here right now is exactly what is going on in Lagos, Ondo, Edo, Delta, Bayelsa Rivers and Cross River states respectively.’’

    The GOC said the operation would also help in enhancing civil-military relationship, teach the troops general administration, operational logistics, equipment maintenance, arms handling and others.

    He called on the public to support the operation by availing the Army and other security agencies with useful and timely information that would enable them respond on time to cases of emergencies.

    NAN

  • Army inaugurates one million litre water treatment plant in Enugu

    Army inaugurates one million litre water treatment plant in Enugu

    The Nigerian Army has inaugurated a water treatment plant at Abakpa Cantonment in Enugu, capable of treating and supplying one million litres of water daily to the barracks and its environs.

    Abakpa cantonment is the headquarters of the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army.

    The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, who inaugurated the project on Wednesday, said the plant would solve the over 30-year-old perennial water problem in the barracks and its environs.

    Buratai said that the project was the first water treatment plant constructed solely by Nigerian Army Engineers.

    He said the Enugu State Government provided the transformer to power the plant and additional funds for its construction.

    Buratai also said that the state government had promised to construct the road leading to the treatment plant from the cantonment gate.

    The plant sources water from Miri Ocha River, flowing behind the cantonment.

    The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 82 Division, Maj.-Gen. Adamu Abubakar, who conceived and executed the project, said it was executed through direct labour by 44 Army Engineers.

    Abubakar said the plant used rapid filtration system, adding that water from the plant had already been certified fit for consumption by the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC).

    Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi said the state government would collaborate with the army to replicate the technology to upgrade the water supply scheme in the state.

  • Police arrests herdsman over armed robbery in Abia

    Police arrests herdsman over armed robbery in Abia

    …Rescued Kidnapped Victim, Passengers

     

    The Abia police command has commended the residents of the state for the timely information they have been giving to the command which has led to the numerous successes they have recorded in combating heinous crimes.

    Speaking in Umuahia while parading a Fulani herdsman who was arrested while trying to snatch a motorbike from its owner Uyime Saturday, the state Commissioner of Police (CP) Leye Oyebade said that the suspect Adamu Abubakar was arrested with a locally made pistol.

    Oyebade said that Saturday a commercial motorcycle rider who lives at Rubber Research Institute Akwaette reported that he had conveyed two passengers Abubakar and his colleague who is at large from Azumiiri to Akwaette when they attacked him.

    He said, “Along the way the duo attempted to snatch his motorcycle from him and as he resisted they shot him and he later reported the matter to the police at Akwaette police division”.

    “The police with the cooperation of the local vigilante group combed the area and arrested Adamu Abubakar with one cut to size locally made pistol with live cartridges while his accomplice who he gave his name as Suleiman Abubakar escaped”.

    In an interaction with newsmen, Adamu said that he was taking care of their cows when he heard a gunshot and he asked Suleiman why the shooting, “He said that he shot at people who were trying to steal their cows and I told him that there was nobody around for the shot”.

    Adamu said that the cows belong to his father in Taraba state and that when he found out that Suleiman had shot somebody instead of what he acclaimed to have shot to scare thieves away that he warned him against such acts.

    The Abia CP said that his men were able to rescue a kidnapped victim within few hours after his kidnap, “This success of rescuing the victim Ejiogu Ugochukwu was one of the benefits of the members of the public who gave us information freely”.

    Oyebade said that his men got information that Ugochukwu of Umueze Ibeku, Umuahia north council area of the state was abducted by five unknown armed men, “Detectives of the anti-kidnapping squad moved in and arrested Orji Uka of Ekoli Eda in Afikpo north council area of Ebonyi state”.

    The CP said that Uka was arrested while trying to collect the ransom money without knowing that it was a bait set by the police to arrest those behind the kidnap incident.

    He said, “Uka was arrested at the point of collecting the one million naira ransom at Nekede/Ihiagwa, Owerri west local government area of Imo state and the suspect confessed to the crime which led to the rescue of the victim”.

    Uka while speaking with newsmen said that one of his friends called him that there is a job they will do that will give him money to start business, “My friend brought a car which I drove to kidnap the victim and when they could not collect the ransom they asked me to go and collect it when the police arrested me”.

    Oyebade said that his men also rescued kidnapped passengers of a Toyota Sienna which was snatched along Aba-Umuahia side of the expressway, “Our patrol team moved in and intercepted the vehicle along Ekeakpara road heading towards Omuma in Rivers state”.

    He said that the hoodlums on sighting the police fled into the bush abandoning the kidnapped passengers and the vehicle, “During a search on the vehicle, one pump action rifle with two cartridges were recovered”.

    The CP gave a list of vehicles the command had recovered within the period under review, one Suzuki mini bus with the number SSM 731 ZJ, Toyota Lexus RX 300 SSM 906 TP, Toyota RAV 4 RBC 785 BT, Toyota Camry SMK 512 EM, Nissan Xterra GGJ 388 AA and Nissan Almera EPE 706 DX