UN condemns
fresh attacks to mark World Humanitarian Day
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‘Disclosure of classified military documents, threat to national security’
• Eight
feared killed in Plateau robbery incidents
Troops of 8
Task Force Division of the Nigerian Army said it had killed 10 Boko Haram
terrorists at Maza village in Borno State.
A statement
issued yesterday by Deputy Director, Public Relations, 8 Task Force Division,
Col. Timothy Antigha, said the terrorists fell into the hands of the troops as
they attempted to sneak back into their swampy hide-outs in the Lake Chad.
However, the
United Nations Humanitarian Co-ordinator in Nigeria, Mr. Edward Kallon, has
condemned the series of terrorist attacks in Konduga of Borno State as it
marked World Humanitarian Day at Bakassi camp of Maiduguri metropolis.
Kallon in a
statement issued to journalists in Maiduguri said: “Every year, World
Humanitarian Day brings the world together to rally support for people affected
by humanitarian crisis and pay tribute to aid workers who help them.
“This World
Humanitarian Day in Nigeria we come together to reaffirm that civilians caught
in conflict are #Not A Target.
“We are
reminded of this by the series of terrorist attacks in Konduga, Borno State, on
Tuesday evening that killed 27 innocent civilians and wounded over 80.
“I condemn
this attack and extend my deepest sympathies to the victims and their families.
I also extend my condolences to the government and the people of Nigeria.”
Meanwhile,
the Chief of Army Staff (CoAS), Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has warned that
disclosure of military documents during Operation of Lafiya Dole in the
North-East is a threat to national security.
He said
military clerks should “handle and manage” army documents with utmost caution.
Buratai gave
the warning yesterday at the third quarter Nigerian army office management and
document security workshop for clerks at the Maimalari Cantonment, Maiduguri.
The CoAS,
represented by Acting General Officer Commanding, 7 Division of the Nigerian
Army, Brig.-Gen. Ibrahim Yusuf, said: “Today’s workshop will also provide you a
platform to contribute meaningfully towards the various dimensions to office
management and document security.
“It will
help tune the military clerks towards playing your expected roles in
actualising my vision to have a professionally responsive army in the discharge
of its constitutional roles.”
In another
development, a traditional chief, the Galadima Manguna, Haruna Marren, and
three others, have been killed by suspected gunmen during a robbery incident at
Tadai village in Bokkos Local Council of Plateau State.
It was
learnt that the gunmen, numbering about seven, killed Marren at about 8:36 p.m.
on Wednesday at his pharmaceutical shop
and as well killed three other people within the vicinity before they
bolted away.
The state
Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Terna Tyopen, who confirmed the incident,
said: “Some people were killed in Bokkos but the information before me is
sketchy, I will get back to you.”
In a related
development, there was also a robbery incident in the same local council
leading to the death of four people while three others sustained fatal
injuries.
The
Information Officer of Operation Safe Haven in charge of security in Plateau
State, Capt. Umar Adam, who confirmed this incident to journalists yesterday,
said the command was yet to get details of the incident.
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