The relocation of the Commander Operation Safe Haven and General Officer Commanding 3-Division, Major General A. E Abubakar to Mangu LGA in the wake of attacks in the locality that left scores dead and thousands displace, is beginning to yield some positive results. A Combat Team from Operation SAFE HAVEN whilst responding to a distress call in Mangu LGA today, 12 July 2023 were ambushed along Road Mangun – Pushit – Mangu by a group of bandits believed to be amongst the miscreants fermenting trouble in Mangu LGA.
In a statement signed by the Media and Information Officer, Captain OYA James and made available to journalists in Jos, he noted that troops professionally and decisively cleared the ambush neutralising 3 of the bandits in the process and recovered 3 x AK 47 Rifles,14 rounds of 7.62 Special rounds, 1 x Motorcycle and a Constabulary Police ID card while others escaped with gunshot wounds.
The Commander Operations SAFE HAVEN and General Officer Commanding 3 Armoured Division, Major General AE Abubakar reiterated that the Nigerian Army remains resolute in the discharge of its mandate within the ambits of the law and would continue to be firm, bold, decisive and just. He stressed that the protection of lives and property of citizens remains paramount and that with the redeployment of his Headquarters to Mangu LGA, all distress calls would be responded to promptly as several Combat Teams have been dispatched to remote areas in the Local Government for enhanced rapid response.
Nigeria Star News 