Nigeria, Nov. 12 -- Hours after the Nigerian Army announced a series of nationwide victories against terrorists and oil thieves, six directors of the Federal Ministry of Defence were abducted by gunmen along the Kabba-Lokoja highway.

The senior officials, all from Command Day Secondary School, Ojo, Lagos, were travelling to Abuja for a Directorate-level promotion examination on 10 November when their convoy was ambushed.

The attack occurred the same day the Chief of Defence Staff, Olufemi Oluyede, a general, and other Service Chiefs met with the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, in Abuja, to review ongoing operations and explore new strategies to strengthen national security.

The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Ni...