The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday.
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The soldier said he sustained a bullet injury while serving in the North East.
The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, made this known on Monday when he paraded the suspects.
Humwashi Wonosikou, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, made this known in a statement on Wednesday.
As the Armed Forces of Nigeria continue to make giant strides in their fight against insurgency and general insecurity in the country, we must continue to celebrate the memory of a patriot. He was Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru, Nigeria’s 21st Chief of Army Staff, whose 57th posthumous birthday is today. General Attahiru was the very definition of a man who came, saw and conquered.
Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, disclosed this in a statement in Kaduna.
The attackers struck on Friday morning in the central region around Gourma, apparently driving a vehicle up to a military convoy before setting off an explosive.
This is coming on the heels of more withdrawals by candidates who are potential replacements for the incumbent, hinging it on allegations of unfairness.
The News Agency of Nigeria correspondent reports that joint security personnel were enforcing the curfew imposed on the state as roads were deserted, vehicular and human movements were also affected and restricted by the curfew.
The Catholic Bishop said the deployment of security operatives to protest grounds can only lead to injuries and possible deaths.
The militants targeted a minibus that was carrying seven civilians and soldiers in the Dantewada district, a known rebel stronghold.
Spokesman of the Corps, Bisi Kazeem, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that 10 others were injured in the accident, which occurred on Friday morning.
Beatrice Bukuru, administrator of Bugendana district, said Evariste Ngenzi, secretary of the National Council for the Defence of Democracy-Forces of the Mutoyi village in Bugendana district, was shot dead by two soldiers at the Mutoyi military post around 2:30 a.m.
The Commanding Officer of the battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Adamu Aliyu, who made the disclosure while addressing newsmen on Wednesday, said the bandits were killed during exchange of gunfire with soldiers on Monday
They also recovered one Fabrique Nationale rifle with registration number 167229, two belts of 148 rounds of 7.62mm (NATO) ammunition and one FN rifle magazine loaded with 7.62mm ammunition (Special)
Available information has it that in the last four days, the troops have killed two notorious cattle rustlers that were suspected to have killed seven persons in Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State
He noted: “Today, troops of 114 Task Force Battalion came under three-pronged attack by Boko Haram terrorists fanning out of Sambisa forest from Damboa, Tokumbere and Pulka axis of Borno
The confrontation was largely around the 7th Avenue of Festac town though other reports said the 4th Avenue was also a battle ground
The statement said the terrorists died as Nigerian troops engaged them in a gun battle and eventually foiled their action on Sunday
However, Channels Television has confirmed that the attack is ongoing and is being repelled by the soldiers