There was heavy security presence along the Barki Ladi, Heipang, Mararaban Jamare and old airport junction roads, Jos on Saturday, September 13, as former President Olusegun Obasanjo paid a visit to his wounded son Lt. Col. Adeboye Obasanjo.
Adeboye had been injured during a gun battle with Boko Haram in Maiduguri, Borno State and he is currently receiving treatment at 3rd Amoured Division Medical Centre, Maxwell Khobe Cantonment, Rukuba Barracks in the Tin City, Leadership reports.
Though some sources close to the family said that the injured officer may have already been treated and discharged and may simply be waiting in Jos to re-join his colleagues in the battle against Boko Haram.
Lt Col Adeboye Obasanjo
Obasanjo was said to have arrived at the Yakubu Gowon Airport,
Heipang at about 5.45pm, where he was received by the deputy governor of
Plateau State, Amb Ignatius Longjan and Gbong Gwom Jos His Majesty Da
Jacob Gyang Buba, commander of the Special Task Force on Jos crisis,
Major General David Eniete, the commissioner of police and the director
of SSS.From the airport, he was led by his escort to Obasanjo’s guest house along Wase Close where his injured son was waiting for him.
Olusegun Obasanjo
It was gathered that on arrival at his Wase guest house, he was
greeted by the younger Obasanjo who rushed out meet to receive him and
they both embraced each other.After holding a meeting with his son, security chiefs, Gbong Gwom Jos and deputy governor Longjan, Obasanjo reportedly left the guest house at exactly 7:09pm back to the Yakubu Gowon Airport.
Adeboye, Commander, 135 Field Engineering Regiment of the Nigerian Army in the Plateau State capital, was injured during an ambush by Boko Haram insurgents in Maiduguri, Borno State, early last week while leading a Platoon.
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