Army takes over Old Oyo Park as training ground

By Adeola Badru
The Nigerian Army has taken over the entire stretch of the Old Oyo National Park in Oyo State as a training ground in a move aimed at preventing a recurrence of the abduction of pupils, children and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area of the state.
The General Officer Commanding, GOC, 2 Division, Nigerian Army, Major-General Auwalu Mahmuda, disclosed this on Wednesday when he received members of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ, Oyo State Council, at the division’s headquarters in Odogbo, Ibadan.
Mahmuda said the decision followed the abduction and subsequent rescue of the Oriire victims, explaining that the Chief of Army Staf...