Nigerian military personnel have commenced action to evict mass civilians who are residing in various barracks within the country, Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, confirmed this on Thursday.
According to Ihejirika, he noted that the eviction of non-soldiers from the barracks came as a necessity following two successful attacks by suspected terrorists in the first two days of this week. It will be noted that on Sunday 25th Nov, 2012, two car bombers struck at St. Andrew Military Protestant Church inside the prestigious Armed Forces Command and Staff College, in Jaji, near Kaduna. The college houses the officers and men of the Infantry Centre and School as well as the Nigerian Army Peace Keeping Centre .
Also on Monday, gunmen, numbering 40, launched an attack on the office of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad in Abuja, where suspects were being held. Two policemen and one of the gunmen were killed in the incident.
Ihejirika said at the closing of the Chief of Army Staff Annual Conference in Asaba, Delta State, that he had already issued a directive to commanders in charge of military formations to take immediate action in ridding the military formations of illegal occupants.
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