MALIAN ARMY WITHDRAWS FROM KEY TESSALIT MILITARY CAMP. (PHOTO).

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 Malian army withdraws from key Tessalit military camp: sources Mali’s army and its Russian mercenary allies have surrendered Camp Tessalit, a strategic military post in the north, multiple sources told the AFP news agency on Friday. An official from the Tuareg-led separatist group claimed soldiers and mercenaries at the camp had "surrendered", following a fierce fight over the weekend. Simultaneous attacks in Mali by militants linked to Al Qaeda and separatist Tuareg rebels on April 25 showed how fighters ​from different groups with different goals were able to strike at the heart of the West African country's military government. Gunfire and explosions were reported in the capital Bamako and around a large military base outside the capital, as well as Gao and central areas, as gunfire continuing in the northern city of Kidal. Defence minister Sadio Camara was killed at his residence in Kati, a garrison town near the capital, Bamako, following the fierce weekend fighting...

TROOPS BURST CRIMINAL GANG, RECOVER ARMS AND AMMUNITION IN DELTA STATE. (PHOTOS). #PRESS RELEASE.



 PRESS RELEASE


TROOPS BURST CRIMINAL GANG, RECOVER ARMS AND AMMUNITION IN DELTA STATE


Troops of 63 Brigade/Sector 1, Joint Task Force, South South,  Operation DELTA SAFE have successfully bursted a criminal gang and recovered arms and ammunition in Oshimilli North Local Government Area of Delta State. The operations led to the arrest of two suspected criminals, alleged to be members of a notorious cult group in the area. Their arrest was effected following credible intelligence on the nefarious activities of the criminal gang in a recent operation conducted around Ibusa. 


During the operations,several weapons were recovered, including two pump action rifles  recovered from the criminals, as well as additional three pump action rifles recovered from purported local vigilantes. The suspects  and weapons recovered have been handed over to the relevant agency for further investigation. Furthermore, in a follow up operations conducted, the area was combed, which led to the recovery of additional eight pump action rifles at Umuisiagba.  Thirteen 13 suspects, including Nwaokonta Elvis,  Obi Victor Woke, Uba Elijah, Nonso Ibiora, Dumbili Ezefili,  Ndefu  Ifeanyi, Ozemene Richard, Broderick Patrick, Nwaokonta Afamefile, Kelvin Ejiani, Victor Ogochukwu, Ogadi Kelvin Ikechukwu  and Ndibuisi Obiogonna  (Native Doctor)


Meanwhile, the Commander, 63 Brigade, Brigadier General MA Shonibare, while commending troops for their vigilance, charged them to clampdown on all criminal networks in the area. He reassured the good people of Delta Sate and environs that the Brigade  would continue to effectively prioritise the safety of lives and property.


ILIYASU BAWA-RIJAU 

Captain 

Acting Assistant Director Army Public Relations  

63 Brigade, Nigerian Army

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