The Army Headquarters Garrison has emerged winner of the 2024 edition of the Nigerian Army Small Arms Championship after accumulating a total of 2,085 points. The week-long event featured 109 officers and 433 soldiers at the Jaji Military Cantonment Range in Kaduna.
The 82 Division Enugu, came 2nd, with 2, 014 points, 3 Division Jos, came 3rd, with 1, 716 points and 6 Division Port Harcourt, came 4th with 1,705 points..
In the same vein, 2 Division Ibadan, came 5th, with 1, 701 points, 81 Division Lagos, came 6th, with 1,640, 1 Division Kaduna came 7th with 1,596 points, 4 Special Forces Command Doma, Nasarawa State, came 8th with 1, 369 points and 8 Division Sokoto, came 9th with 989 points.
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, in his closing remarks, said that the championship was designed to test and enhances the competencies of the personnel in handling various small arms in the Nigerian Army inventory.
The chief army staffs while congratulating the winners of the competition charge all formations of the army across the country to take their training seriously.
