The commandant said only one female member of the corps, Jamila Adamu, was among the trainees that participated in the programme
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Abba said among the weapons discovered during the operation on Tuesday were 17 AK 47 rifles, 44 magazines, four land mines and 12 RPG bombs, 14 RPG charger, 11 66 mm anti-tanks weapons, one SMG magazine, one pistol and magazine
Wahab said the gunmen had attacked four banks and stole some money, adding that a vehicle loaded with the stolen cash was recovered, in addition to four AK-47 rifles
He was said to have employed the name of the Economic Adviser to the President, Augustine Uwaizi Ahikoya, to lure Nwaezeapu out of his house on April 9
The explosion occurred at First Bank/Mr. Bigg’s Roundabout.
Musa said: “A remote controlled Improvised Explosive Device planted by terrorists, targeted at JTF patrol vehicles exploded at First Bank/Mr Bigg’s Round About in Maiduguri city at about 12:15 am today Tuesday, 19 March, 2013
The new DDI is an alumnus of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, Jos, Plateau State and attended training at the Defence Information School in the United States of America
At the point of arrest, the fraudsters had in their possession 45 laptops of different make, 28 telephone sets, eight internet mobile modems and one Nissan car with registration number USL 375 AG
A panel set up by Commander of the Brigade of Guards and headed by Brigadier General Emmanuel Atewe, found four of the six soldiers accused of the crimes guilty
The convoy was believed to have come under a coordinated attack by the unknown gunmen using high capacity, remote-controlled improvised explosive devices and hand held weapons at Abobo village, just outside Okene, in Kogi State
The spokesman, Borno State Police Command, Gideon Jibrin, confirmed the incident
The items recovered to included five Mark 4 riffles, three pump action rifles, 20 rolls of detonating cords, 21 nine volt batteries, two remote switches, one testing metre, five assorted daggers and jack knives and other materials for the production of Improvised Explosive Devices
Those retired were made up of 12 major generals, 25 brigadier generals and 12 colonels
It said while it was convenient for the military to condemn the part of the report that indicted its officers and men for rights abuses, it failed to acknowledge the sections that also pointed out the excesses of Boko Haram as mention in the report
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, in a media chat on Tuesday in Abuja, said that the methodology used by human rights group is faulty