BREAKING: Gunmen Attack Army Convoy, Abduct Commanding Officer
Unknown gunmen suspected to be terrorists have abducted a Lieutenant Colonel of the Nigerian Army, N.B. Ahmed following an ambush on a military convoy.
It was gathered that the incident occurred on Friday, January 6 along Tsafe (Zamfara)/Funtua (Katsina) road, Sahara Reporters reports.
The abducted senior military officer is the new commanding officer of the 8 Division of the Nigerian Army, Sokoto.
“Our new boss who resumed on Friday was attacked while being escorted to Kano. He was taken away by the gunmen,” a military source told SaharaReporters.
A military signal exclusively also confirmed the incident.
The signal was however silent on others travelling with Ahmed.
It read, “TEXT: SP SITREP ON KIDNAPPED OF SNR OFFR. LT COL NB AHMED (N/12022). A/N SNR OFFR WAS KIDNAPED ALONG TSAFE/FUNTUA RD ON 06 JAN 23 AT ABOUT 2000HRS WHILE TRAVELING TO KANO FOR THE WEEKEND. THE SNR OFFR JUST TAKES OVER COMD OF 8 BOD AS A CO ON THE SAME DATE. THIS IS FOR YOUR INFO AND NEC ACTION. PSE ACCEPT FOR ACTION AND ACK///.”
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