{"id":97350,"date":"2022-07-26T17:51:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T16:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=97350"},"modified":"2022-07-26T17:51:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T16:51:00","slug":"identities-of-presidential-brigade-guards-gunned-down-by-terrorists-unveiled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/identities-of-presidential-brigade-guards-gunned-down-by-terrorists-unveiled\/","title":{"rendered":"Identities Of Presidential Brigade Guards Gunned Down By Terrorists unveiled\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">The identities of some of the officers who lost their lives in an ambush by terrorists in Abuja have been unveiled.<\/p>\n<p>Pointblanknews.com had reported how a captain and two soldiers were killed by terrorists in the Bwari area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Sunday night.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe deceased officers, who were attached to the Presidential Guards Brigade, were reportedly ambushed after they visited the Nigeria Law School in Bwari following a distressed call from the authorities of the school.<\/p>\n<p>The school management was said to have alerted that terrorists had dropped a letter indicating an imminent attack.<\/p>\n<p>Spokesman of the Guards Brigade, Captain Godfrey Anebi Abakpa, confirmed the attack to newsmen but said troops were already combing the area in order to ensure that terrorists were not hibernating there.<\/p>\n<p>Pointblanknews.com learnt that lieutenant Ibrahim Suleiman and Captain Samuel Attah, who were indigenes of Kogi State, were killed\u00a0 in the ambush.<\/p>\n<p>Suleiman was the son of Col Suleiman Ahmodu Babanawa (rtd). 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