Inside Nigeria
Amid Army’s Denial, Death Toll Of Soldiers Slaughtered By Boko Haram Rises To 48, Photos Finally Emerge
A Nigerian army officer, Second Lieutenant Chibuzo Ezenwa from Imo State, has been identified as one of the 46 Nigerian soldiers and 2 officers killed in Boko Haram attack in Borno State.
Premium Times reported that seventeen more bodies have been recovered by a search and rescue team overseeing the aftermath of the attack, which occurred at Nigerian army base in Zari Village, north of Maiduguri and near the border with the Republic of Niger.
The Nigerian army officer alongside his killed colleagues, were preventing Boko Haram militants from overrunning their base last Thursday evening. While the corpse of one officer and 16 soldiers were recovered last weekend in the general area of Mobbar Local Government Area, Borno State, troops from 145 Battalion who are leading the search and rescue efforts have transferred the bodies to Maiduguri.
Prince Ebube, a friend to the deceased who penned down an emotional write-up to the late Nigerian army officer, wrote;
“I never wanted it to be true but it is..To even say rest in Peace is very hard for me cos there is nothing peaceful about your death”
“Till we meet again my brother
Till we meet again my commando
Till we meet again my bass guitarist..
My army officer adieu” he added.
The Nigerian army had before now, denied the report on the killing of 30 soldiers during a battle with suspected Boko Haram terrorists in Borno State. The report shared by an international news agency, Agence France Presse, AFP, had claimed that the insurgents killed about 30 soldiers when they attacked their base in Zari town, Guzamali Local Government Area of the state.
The media report which quoted military sources, read:
”At least 30 Nigerian soldiers were killed in combat with Boko Haram jihadists who overran a military base in the northeast near the border with Niger.
“Scores of jihadists in trucks stormed the base at Zari village, in northern Borno State, late Thursday, and briefly seized it after a fierce battle in which 30 soldiers were killed.
Anonymous
September 4, 2018 at 9:57 pm
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Anonymous
September 4, 2018 at 8:57 pm
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Anonymous
September 4, 2018 at 8:52 pm
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Anonymous
September 4, 2018 at 6:27 pm
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Anonymous
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