Terrorists ambushed Presidential Guard Brigade in Abuja

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A group of terrorists on Sunday ambushed the Presidential Guards Brigade personnel while patrolling the Bwari Area Council in the Federal Capital Region.

The three injured soldiers during the attack are receiving medical attention.

A military source told one of our correspondents that the troops got involved in a gun battle with the attackers and managed to drive them away.

The source said, “The troops of the elite Guards Brigade were ambushed along Bwari-Kubwa road, but the ambush was forcefully repelled by the Guards Brigade troops.

“The troops were on a routine patrol of the area when they were attacked. However, three soldiers were wounded in the attack and they are already being treated at a military hospital in Abuja.”

When contacted, Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, Abuja Brigade Guard, Captain Godfrey Abakpa, confirmed the attack, adding that the troops combed the area to arrest criminals.

He said, “They were attacked, and the attack was successfully repelled. We had few wounded in action who have been taken to the hospital and receiving treatment.

“At the moment, our troops are still combing the area to get rid of the criminals that have been threatening the area.”

Govt shuts school

Meanwhile, the Federal Government has closed the Federal Government College, Kwali, Abuja, following the intelligence report that terrorists might attack them after an attack on the nearby community.

In a statement on Monday, the Minister of Education, Mr. Adamu Adamu, directed the school’s closure directly and ordered the evacuation of students.

The statement issued by the Director of the Press and Public Relations, the Ministry of Education, Mr. Ben Goong, entitled, ‘FG orders closure of FGC Kwali, security beef-up in Unity Colleges.’

It read, “The Federal Ministry of Education has ordered the immediate closure of one of its colleges, the Federal Government College Kwali, located in Kwali Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

“Education Minister Adamu Adamu, who gave the directive in the early hours of this (Monday) morning, said the closure became necessary following a security breach on Sheda and Lambata villages, suburbs of Kwali Area Council, which also threatened FGC Kwali.

“According to the minister, the timely intervention of security agencies saved the situation.”

Adamu also directed that arrangements should be made for the final year students to conclude their NECO examinations.

“The minister has also directed principals of unity colleges across the country to liaise with security agencies within their jurisdictions in order to forestall any security breach in our schools,” the statement added.

Although only the FGC was directed to be closed, our source said that other schools in the neighbourhood had asked their students to leave their schools on Wednesday.

Schools have asked parents to pick up their children and wards because of increasing fear and anxiety over reported threats.

Experts lament

A security expert, Timothy Avele, lamented that the insecurity was getting closer to the seat of state power.

He said, “This only confirms what many security experts, including the media, have been shouting from the rooftop on the escalating insecurity now encircling the seat of power.

“Government School in Kwali was closed yesterday too for fear of attack. Sadly, everyone is feeling it won’t happen close to him or her.”

Another expert, Oladele Fajana, said, “The FG and security operatives should step up their actions. The intention of terrorists is to be feared and once they can achieve that, they would brazenly carry out their attacks. This is what they are doing and our security operatives must ensure the criminals are brought to book.”

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