Nigerian military has again assured the citizens and the international community that it would do everything possible to defend the territorial integrity of the nation.
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The statement said with the recent trend of female suicide bombings in the country, the theft of these regalia has heightened concerns about the possibility of terrorist elements using the same to perpetrate acts of terror
A statement posted on the Defence Headquarters website: www.defenceinfo.mil.ng, said the dawn raid operation was carried out on Friday
The Nyanyan motor park was attacked earlier in the year, while another spot opposite it suffered same fate within a space of two weeks
In a statement posted on its Website, the Defence Headquarters said 53 terrorists died in the encounter, while the troops lost two of their men and five others received injuries
But in another breadth, the statement of denial by the spokesman of the Defence Headquarters, Major General Chris Olukolade, said what took place was a “counter attack” by the military around 2am
A statement by the Director of Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade, says others died after an attack on military check point at GindinDorowa, a suburb of Wukari
The SSS headquarters is located within the vicinity of the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, which also houses the Supreme Court and the National Assembly
He said that the Federal Government had decided to be more forceful in curtailing the activities of the Boko Haram group that was unleashing terror in the some states of the North East region
The statement added that intelligence reports had indicated that the terrorists were in the process of finalising plans to carry out simultaneous suicide attacks in Abuja and Kano
A statement on Thursday by the spokesman of the Defence Headquarters, Brigadier General Chris Olukolade, said the leader of the group who, had fled Nigeria when the terrorist camps were sacked, was reportedly recruiting fresh hands and training them for renewed terrorist activities in Nigeria
In a swift reaction, Police officers, who arrived at the scene of the attack, shot the two men