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The Defence Headquarters has expressed sadness implicit the decease of General Rabe Abubakar (retd.), who had been held successful captivity by bandits.
DAILY POST recalls that the retired service wide and his woman were kidnapped a fewer weeks agone portion connected their mode to be a wedding. His operator narrowly escaped with gunshot wounds, portion his Peugeot 406 was riddled with bullets.
Major General Samaila Uba, Director of Defence Information, successful a statement, said the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) conveyed its deepest sympathies to the Abubakar family, his colleagues and each Nigerians, adding that General Abubakar served the federation with favoritism and held respective appointments, including spokesperson of assorted subject formations arsenic good arsenic spokesperson for the Armed Forces of Nigeria arsenic Director of Defence Information.
The connection highlighted his immense contributions to counter-insurgency operations, the nonrecreational improvement of the equipped forces and galore different commendable and outstanding impacts.
According to the statement, “His committedness to work and to the unity of Nigeria remains a shining illustration for each unit of the AFN....
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