MORE MILITARY PRESNCE IN FCT- ABUJA, NIGERIA

Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Onyeabor Ihejirika disclosed yesterday that the huge number of the deployment of heavily armed troops in and around Abuja was not occasioned by fears of another bomb attack akin to the one witnessed at the Police Force headquarters, but a necessary security measure aimed at protecting lives and property.
Speaking during the Pulling Out Parade in honour of the first 3-star General of Igbo extraction from the Nigeria Army, Lt. General Isaac Chikadibia Obiakor, the immediate past Military Adviser/Assistant Secretary General to the United Nations, Gen. Ihejirika said; ”henceforth, their would be increased military presence in the FCT particularly as it concerned protection of federal government assets, national institutions and the citizenry. The army have to ensure the protection of lives and property and this will be seen from time to time”.
Saturday Vanguard observed the presence of heavy troops in places like NNPC headquarters, the Central Bank head-quarters’, ministries, Eagle Square , the 3 -Arms zone, including the office of the Secretary to the Federation, National Assembly, the Millennium Park , big hotels, major road junctions and other important monuments.
Explaining the pulling out parade for Obiakor, the COAS said, “Pulling out of this nature is a kind of send off to mark the exit of a general in the armed forces and this particular parade is a significant one because it is that of an officer who attained the rank of a Lt. General and who has been an ambassador not only to the Nigerian army but to the nation at large, having risen to the post of the highest decision making body as far as peace support operations are concerned...........................   FOR THE FULL STORY, VISIT THE LINK BELOW  :
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