The
Nigerian army has issued a new order mandating its troop to immediately
arrest notorious kingpin, Tawase Agwaza aka Gana alive.
Men of the Nigerian Army
Maj.-Gen. Adamu Abubakar, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 82
Division of the Nigerian Army, Enugu, has directed troops to go after
terror kingpin, Tawase Agwaza, also known as “Gana” and capture him
alive.
Abubakar gave the order in a statement by Col. Sagir Musa,Deputy
Director Army Public Relations, in Awka on Thursday. He gave directive
during his operational visit of the 93 Battalion Area of Responsibility
in Taraba.
The GOC said that the visit followed the activities of bandits,
armed robbers, kidnappers, cattle rustlers and communal clashes among
other menaces within his command.
“We must intensify our efforts to ensure predominance of peace and security in the areas within the unit,’’ he said.
He expressed the appreciation of the Chief of Army Staff,
Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, to the soldiers “ for the good work you are
doing here”.
“Your hard work and successes are well known to us, we are solidly behind you, because you have done Taraba and Nigeria proud.
“Your success in the recently conducted operation is commendable and I strongly order you to maintain the momentum.
“However, to cap it all, you must capture the fleeing bandit, the terror kingpin, Tawase Agwaza,” the GOC said.
He recalled that on April 3, based on a tip-off, some troops of 93
Battalion and 72 Special Forces Battalion in conjunction with other
security agencies recorded success.
The troops raided some criminal hideouts in a Farm Gbise village
bordering Taraba and Benue and recovered lethal items including 3 x AK
47 Rifles with 139 magazines.
They also recovered items such as 3 x FN Rifles with 12 magazines; 1
x G3 Rifle with 6 magazines; 1 x G3 machine gun and 1 x sub machine gun
with 3 magazine.
Others are: 1 x Mark4 Rifle with 3 magazines; 5x Single Barrel Gun;
2 x locally made double barrel pistols; 5 x locally made revolver
pistols and 2 x locally made single barrel pistols.
Also recovered are: 3 x 36 hand grenade; 12 x tear gas canisters;
535 rounds of 7.62 mm NATO ammunition; 463 x rounds of 7.62 mm special
ammunition and 27 x 9 mm rounds of ammunition
The rest are: 99 x 5.56 mm rounds of ammunition; 1 x 12.7 mm round of ammunition and 527 x cartridges.
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