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Niger State governor, Abubakar Sani Bello, on Friday said negotiations were at the final stage to secure release of the victims.
But Daily Trust Saturday gathered that the atmosphere was still unclear as some prominent leaders of Fulani bandits thought to be behind the kidnap have distanced themselves from it.
“The first point of suspicion was that the raid was carried out by some of the Fulani boys operating around the area, but by now we are able to establish that the raid was probably not carried out by our (Fulani) boys,” one source involved in the search and rescue efforts told Daily Trust Saturday last night.
Chiemelie Ezeobi writes that the annual Armed Forces Remembrance Day, a day which is set aside to celebrate fallen heroes who died in the line of duty, also presents an opportunity to review the welfare of officers and men of the Armed Forces
The 10th line of Nigeria’s National Anthem reads thus; ‘the labours of our heroes past, shall never be in vain’. To mark this, the Armed Forces Remembrance Day (AFRD), is commemorated every year, on January 15, as a day set aside to celebrate the fallen heroes, who died in the line of duty while fighting to ensure the territorial integrity of the nation, whether on land, air or water is not breached or tampered with.
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The Presidency on Thursday published a checklist of its security achievements to date, ahead of the Armed Forces Remembrance Day scheduled for Friday.
“January 15 every year is commemorated as Armed Forces Remembrance Day,” spokesman Femi Adesina said in a statement.
“As the milestone is marked this year, it also provides ample opportunity to chronicle current landmark achievements by our military in tackling security challenges in the land, towards fulfilling the constitutional requirement of Government guaranteeing the protection of lives and property.
Listed among the achievements were the restoration of some sanity in Borno State post-2015, the weakening of Boko Haram, the decimation of thousands of insurgents, and the purchase of new equipment for the military.