Xinhua News Agency, Abuja, July 26 (Reporter Guo Jun) The Nigerian military confirmed on the 26th that a unit of the Nigerian Presidential Guard was attacked by militants while patrolling the northern suburbs of the capital Abuja, and several people were injured.
In a telephone interview with a reporter from Xinhua News Agency, the spokesman of the Nepalese Presidential Guard, Godfrey Abapa, said that in the middle of the night on the 24th, the force was suddenly attacked by militants while patrolling the Bouwari District in the northern suburbs of Abuja, and then fought The lieutenant general repelled the militants.
Some members of the presidential guard were injured in the fighting, and the injured are currently receiving treatment in the hospital.
Abappa did not disclose the number of wounded in the presidential guard and the specific identities and casualties of the militants.
The Presidential Guard is an elite force affiliated to the Nigerian Army. It is responsible for the daily security of the president, vice president and other major leaders and important foreign guests. It is also responsible for patrolling the capital region.