{"id":69631,"date":"2023-02-25T07:45:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-25T06:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=69631"},"modified":"2023-02-25T07:45:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-25T06:45:00","slug":"nigeria-decide-army-carry-out-confidence-building-patrol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/nigeria-decide-army-carry-out-confidence-building-patrol\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria Decide: Army Carry Out Confidence Building Patrol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By: Okosun Dennis<\/p>\n<p>Troops of the Nigerian Army on Friday morning carried out a confidence Building Patrol along major streets within Lekki general area.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-69634 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG-20230225-WA0010-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" 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Marwa, Ikate-Elegushi, Ajah under bridge extending to Badore and Akin Adesola in Victoria Island.<\/p>\n<p>It was aimed at building confidence of the civil populace and to assure them of their safety in their various communities ahead of Saturday &#8216;s general election.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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