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Army Redeploys Alabi, GOC 1 Division Over Killing Of 36 Officers, Soldiers

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August 23, 2023
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Army Redeploys Alabi, GOC 1 Division Over Killing Of 36 Officers, Soldiers
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Abuja – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) has ordered immediate redeployment of the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 1 Division, Nigerian Army, Kaduna, Major-General Bamidele Alabi.

Alabi is replaced by Major- General Valentine Okoro, the current GOC 2 Division, Nigerian Army, Ibadan.

The redeployment may not be unconnected with the recent killing of 36 soldiers in an ambush by bandits around Kundu area in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, on August 14.

It was reliably gathered that the killing of the soldiers, who were the elite Special Forces, was not taken lightly by the army authorities because of the huge number of casualties recorded in the incident.

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Sources said that army authorities are not happy that the GOC, who was supposed to have led the troops in the operation, the way the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant – General Lagbaja, did when he was GOC in Kaduna, did not do so.

Meanwhile, the bodies of all the deceased soldiers have been recovered by the military authorities as the re-enforcement team deployed to the area have continued to bombard the general area with the killing of scores of terrorists, bandits and the arrest of several others who are being interrogated by the military authorities.

It was gathered that the GOC is leading the operation and has been in the bush for some days now with the troops.

The operation is said to have yielded positive results as most villages, hitherto, occupied by terrorists who were having a field day, have been deserted by the terrorists, most of whom have been killed in the renewed offensive against them.

Also, the military authorities said they have contacted the various families of the deceased officers and soldiers.

The military also was making burial arrangements for the deceased officers after due consultation with their respective families was concluded.

It was also gathered that military authorities may have concluded plans to promote the deceased officers, posthumously, to their next ranks, for their bravery in defending the fight against insurgency.

Thirty-six officers and soldiers were killed in an ambush on August 14 by bandits in Niger State.
( The Sun / vitalnewsngr.com)

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