NBM CONDOLES WITH FG, ARMY, FAMILIES OVER KILLING OF GENERAL, OTHERS
NBM of Africa has strongly condemned Saturday’s ambush of officers of the Nigeria Army by Islamic State in West Africa (ISWAP) terrorists in which Brigadier-General Dzarma Zirkusu and three other soldiers were killed.
The Pan-Africanist organization through its spokesperson, Mr. Oluwatosin Dixon, expressed shock at the development and prayed that “Almighty God accept the souls of the departed and grant them paradise.”
It called for thorough investigation into the recent death a Nigerian journalist and Vanguard newspaper House of Representatives correspondent, Tordue Salem, who was reported missing, but later found dead.
The police later attributed Tordue’s death to a case of ‘hit and run,’while a suspect was later paraded as the driver of the vehicle that killed the journalist.
Dixon who commended the military on the good job they are doing in keeping the country safe, urged them not to be discouraged, but to double their efforts.
He said, “The NBM joins in condoling the President and Commander-in-Chief, the Nigeria Army, Nigerians and the immediate families of the senior Army Commander and the three of his yet-to-be-named soldiers, who have paid the supreme price in the defence of their fatherland.
“We encourage the gallant soldiers of the Nigeria Armed Forces to remain strong in the battle to defeat terrorism.
“NBM hopes that the Federal Government brings the perpetrators to justice while working to forestall a recurrence.”
Zirkusu who was Commander, 28 Task Force Brigade in Chibok, Borno State, was killed in an ambush while leading his soldiers to reinforce troops who came under attack in Askia Uba, by ISWAP terrorists.
