National Guard units are under the dual control of state governments and the federal government. All members of the National Guard are also members of the organized militia of the United States as defined by 10 U.S.C. It is officially created under Congress's Article 1 Section 8 ability to "raise and support armies". It is a military reserve force composed of National Guard military members or units of each state and the territories of Guam, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia, for a total of 54 separate organizations. The spokesperson for the FCT Police Command, DSP Adeh Josephine, did not reply to an SMS sent to her about the incident.īy Hamza Idris, Hussein Yahaya, Chidimma C.The National Guard is a state-based military force that becomes part of the reserve components of the United States Army and the United States Air Force when activated for federal missions. ![]() Security men at the gate denied our reporter access to the school. He said: “It is only the school fence that separates the college and Sheda village, and the attack by the bandits on the village amid sporadic gunshots on Saturday caused serious panic to both students and management, which forced the school to direct parents to come and evacuate their children.” She said, “It was at about 12am on Saturday while we were sleeping in the hostel, we heard gunshots, which forced the school’s management to ask us to vacate the hostel.”Ī staff of the college, who preferred anonymity, said the management directed parents to immediately evacuate their children because of a bandits’ attack on Sheda village on Saturday. He said he was told that bandits had threatened to attack the college.Īn SS II student of the college, Rebecca Samuel, said bandits attacked Sheda village Saturday night. She said it was unfortunate that their examinations were disrupted by the threat.Īnother parent, Mr Obaniyi Oluwatokpe, said he was in Kabba, Kogi State when he received a call from the college’s management that he should come over to evacuate his children. The village came under heavy attack from gunmen suspected to be bandits on Sunday.Ī parent, Mrs Babep Peace, said she came from Lagos to evacuate her two children after she received a call from their guardian that the college’s management had directed parents to evacuate their children. “All parents and guardians should please take note and ensure their wards are conveyed home in good time from the school premises,’’ the statement added.ĭaily Trust reports that earlier on Monday, there was tension as parents evacuated their wards from the hostel of FGC Kwali, following the alleged threat by bandits to attack the school.ĭaily Trust reports that FGC Kwali is located at Sheda village on the Abuja-Lokoja highway. ![]() The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has also ordered the immediate closure of all schools in the FCT by tomorrow.Ī statement yesterday from the FCT Education Secretariat said the 2021/2022 academic calendar for FCT Schools would come to an end on Wednesday, July 27 as against Friday, July 29. He also directed that arrangements be made for final year students to conclude their NECO examinations. The minister said the timely intervention of security agencies saved the situation. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, gave the directives in a statement on Monday by the spokesman of the ministry, Ben Bem Goong.Īdamu said the closure became necessary following the security breach on Sheda and Lambata villages, suburbs of Kwali Area Council, which also threatened FGC, Kwali. It also ordered the immediate closure of the Federal Government College (FGC), Kwali, located at Kwali Area Council of the FCT. Meanwhile, the federal government has directed principals of unity colleges across the country to liaise with security agencies within their jurisdictions in order to forestall any security breach in the schools. Villages had been sacked by bandits in Abaji, Kuje Kwali and Gwagwalada Area Councils forcing many farmers to abandon their farmlands. In recent times, bandits have been attacking villages in the nation’s capital with the latest being the kidnap of a monarch in Kucihbuyi, a community in Bwari Area Council.Ī few days ago, terrorists attacked Kuje prison and set hundreds of inmates free. He said troops were already combing the general areas in order to ensure that no more terrorist is hibernating around the area. When contacted, the spokesman of the Guards Brigade, Captain Godfrey Anebi Abakpa, confirmed the attack. They are in control of many communities in all the contiguous states to the FCT and they are finally here,” he said.Īrmy confirms attack, says troops combing area “The target of the terrorists is to embarrass the government.
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