The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Sunday said that the air component of Operation Thunder Strike has neutralised several armed bandits at Chikwale Forest in the Mangoro area of Chikun Local Government Area in Kaduna State.
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A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has sentenced one Jubrin Abubakar to three years’ imprisonment for illegally dealing in petroleum products.
Abubakar was jailed on Tuesday after pleading guilty to one count bordering on illegal dealing in petroleum products.
A statement on Thursday by the Head, Media and Publicity, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, indicated that Abubakar was arrested by officers of 6 Division, Nigerian Army, at the Trans-Amadi area of Port Harcourt.
The statement added that the suspect was apprehended with stolen petroleum products and was handed over to the EFCC for investigation and prosecution.
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January 22, 2021
Troops of Operation Tura Takaibango have eliminated five Boko Haram/Islamic States West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in their attempt to overrun Abbagajiri and Dusula towns in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno.
Brig.-Gen. Benard Onyeuko, Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, in a statement on Friday, said the troops had sustained an onslaught against the terrorists in the North-East.
Onyeuko said the troops of the 402 Special Forces Task Force Brigade had on Wednesday, identified and encircled some terrorists’ enclaves at Abbagajiri and inflicted heavy casualty on them.
According to him, in the aftermath of the decisive encounter, five Boko Haram terrorists were neutralised while few others are believed to have escaped with gunshot wounds.
Jan 22, 2021
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The Defence Headquarters (DHQ), on Friday, said that the troops of Operation Tura Takaibango have killed five members of the dreaded Boko Haram terrorists while several of them escaped with various degrees of gunshot wounds during a fierce encounter at Abbagajiri in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State.
This was contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja by the Acting Director, Defence Media Operations (DMO)Brig. Gen. Benard Onyeuko.