GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Presidential Guard Telon Perreira, stabbed by a Nigerian national who stormed State House earlier this month, has been promoted.
President Irfaan Ali pins Corporal Telon Perreira’s stripes on him after his promotion while in hospital.
President Irfaan Ali, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and Acting Commissioner of Police Clifton Hicken, visited the injured rank at his hospital bed. They promoted him to the position of Corporal.
Ali praised the rank for his bravery and courage.
And Corporal Perreira told the President he is eager to return to work.
He was stabbed on the morning of December 15 by Bethel Ikena Chineze, a Nigerian man.
Chineze turned up at the southeastern guard hut at State House, President Irfaan Ali’s official residence, around 7:30 a.m. and confronted the security detail there, telling them, “I want the President.”
He became agitated and pulled a knife from the waist of his pants, stabbing Perreira five times. Chineze then grabbed the officer’s gun and discharged several rounds before he was shot when other members of the President’s security detail returned fire.
The Nigerian, who was also hospitalized, recently regained consciousness.
Police investigations into the attack continue.
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