THE DEFENCE HEADQUARTERS SAYS TROOPS ELIMINATED OVER 100 TERRORISTS, ARRESTED 345 TERRORISTS, AND RESCUED 393 KIDNAPPED VICTIMS IN THE MONTH OF JULY.(PHOTO).
The Defence Headquarters says troops eliminated over 100 terrorists, arrested 345 terrorists, and rescued 393 kidnapped victims in the month of July. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Major General Michael Onoja, stated this during the monthly Defence Media Operations briefing at the Defence Headquarters in Abuja. Major General Onoja added that during the period under review, 57 terrorists surrendered, over 1,000 arms and assorted ammunition were recovered, 18 illegal refining sites were destroyed, while 250,500 litres of stolen crude oil and refined petroleum products were recovered. Speaking further, Major General Onoja, on behalf of the Chief of Defence Staff, General Olufemi Oluyede, reaffirmed the Armed Forces' commitment to the protection of lives and property nationwide, and their resolve to ensure that kidnapping, terrorism, secessionist agitation, and other forms of criminality are purged from society.
Registered voters in Lagos State who are yet to collect their Permanent Voter Cards now have another opportunity to do so as the cards will b made available for collection by their owners on five Satrudays starting from April 22,2017,at each of the 245 Registration Area Centres {RACs} of the State.This arrangement is sequel to a partnership between the Lagos office of the Independent National Electoral Commission {INEC} and the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission {LASIEC}According to a report from INEC,about 1.4 million Permanent Voter Cards are still awaiting collection by registered voters in Lagos State.This huge number of PVCs that are yet to be collected by their owners prompted the partnership between INEC and LASIEC so that such a huge number of eligible registered voters might not be disenfranchised in the forthcoming elections into the 57 Local Governments/Local Council Development Areas of the State.The distribution of the PVCs on five saturdays which has already commenced on April 22,2017 will end on Saturday,20th May,2017.
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