New military formation ‘will check’ violence in southern Kaduna – NCYA

A group known as the Northern Christian Youth Assembly has expressed delight over the formation of a military formation in Kanfachan in in Jema’a local government area of Kaduna state.

Tukur Buratai, chief of army staff, and Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna, laid the foundation of the military base on Saturday.

Commenting on this, Peter Bawa, coordinator of the group, said security personnel deployed to the barracks will give “marauding killers a hot chase”.

“Laying the foundation for the building of a military barracks in Kafanchan is a development that we know would go a long way to curtail the menace of maurading killers that have plunged too many communities in the area into mourning,” Bawa said in a statement.

“We see the building of a military formation in the area as a way of shortening troops’ deployment time and ensuring that troublemakers within that vicinity are given a hot chase and no longer have anywhere to torment the peace of the people.

“The prompt implementation of the barracks project is a demonstration of the administration’s sincere commitment to ensuring the safety of lives and property of all citizens irrespective of political or religious leanings.

“It has gone a long way to again show that we truly have responsible and decisive leadership that is willing and able to confront any emerging evil to ensure Nigerians can live in peace to enjoy their own country.

“While we remain confident in the ability of the Nigerian Army which is one of the best in the world to bring perpetrators of all the deadly attacks around that vicinity to justice within the shortest period of time, the subsequent completion of the barracks would further boost the confidence of the people in the neighborhood in the military of their country.”

Army School Commandant Found Dead Inside Military Formation

The Commandant of Command Secondary School, Ibadan, Col. Anthony Okeyim, was on Monday found dead in his apartment within the school premises.

Some of those who were close to the deceased said he was strangled to death by suspected assassins after he was attacked in front of his official quarter.

An unconfirmed report also claimed that Col. Okeyim’s throat was slit open by his killers.

The school is located in secluded Bode Igbo area of Ibadan, which is close to the border territory between Oyo and Ogun states.

Although the large property is fenced, the school is largely surrounded by thick forests and there have been reports of encroachment on the land by some people in the past.

Confirming the murder, the Oyo State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Adekunle Ajisebutu, told our correspondent that the Police was treating it as a suspected case of murder.

“I can confirm to you that the deceased was found dead in front of his apartment around 6.30am on Monday. We are treating it as a case of suspected murder.

“The State Commissioner of Police, Samuel Adegbuyi, visited the school immediately the case was reported.

“Police investigation had begun and the investigating team is working with Military Police investigating team. We have also beefed up security around the area,” Ajisebutu said.

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