…Oyebade Re-echoes Warning Upnorth
14 November 2015 |
2:21 am
Following the widespread agitation for Biafra State by members of the Movement for the Actualization of Biafra State, the General Officer Commanding, 1 Division Nigerian Army, Major General Adeniyi Oyebade has warned that the Army will not condone any treasonable agitation in the North-west. The GOC, who re-echoed the warning yesterday while addressing journalists at…
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Following the widespread agitation for Biafra State by members of the Movement for the Actualization of Biafra State, the General Officer Commanding, 1 Division Nigerian Army, Major General Adeniyi Oyebade has warned that the Army will not condone any treasonable agitation in the North-west.
The GOC, who re-echoed the warning yesterday while addressing journalists at the 1 Division headquarters in Kaduna, said that the military would not fold its hands against such agitation that borders on a treasonable felony.
According to him, any such agitation under his Area of Responsibility, which covers North-west and some of part of North-Central zones of the country will be treated as a treasonable felony.
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