By Steve Oko Soldiers on patrol in Aba, Friday morning, came under attack by unknown gunmen who set ablaze a military tank after an ...
By Steve Oko
Soldiers on patrol in Aba, Friday morning, came under attack
by unknown gunmen who set ablaze a military tank after an early morning raid.
The incident occurred while the soldiers were on patrol.
An eyewitness account has it that the gunmen laid ambush for
the unsuspecting soldiers on patrol.
According to the source, the soldiers were ambushed at the
popular Tonimass Junction, Osisioma axis, on the Enugu-Aba-Port Harcourt
Expressway.
At the time of filing this report, it was not clear if there
were any casualties.
Meanwhile, the incident has caused tension and apprehension
across the commercial city as residents now live in fear of the unknown.
A military source at the 14 Brigade Ohafia confirmed the
attack to Vanguard.
But the source who pleaded for anonymity as he was not
officially permitted to speak to the press said no casualties were recorded by
the soldiers.
He said that contrary to social media reports, three
soldiers were not killed in the attack.
The source said the military would certainly go after the
attackers but added that no arrests had so far been made.
He appealed to members of the public with any useful
information about the whereabouts of the hoodlums to volunteer same to the Army
or security agencies.
The source condemned attacks on security agents, saying such
barbaric acts are unwarranted.
” The soldiers you are attaching today can be the ones to
save you tomorrow. They are also your brothers”, the military source lamented.
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