Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole have
suffered another setback in the ongoing quest to rout the Boko Haram
terrorists from the North Eastern part of the country with the reported
fatal injury or death of the Commanding Officer of 114 Task Force
Battalion, Lt-Col. B U Umar, and eight other soldiers.
It was said that the casualty figures in
the latest Boko Haram ambush could be well over eight officers and
soldiers, including Umar
Sources, who could not ascertain yet
whether the affected personnel were killed or survived the attacks, said
that the unfortunate incidence occurred on Tuesday morning in Borno
State.
“Yes. It is true as you might have
heard. The unfortunate incidence happened between Bita and Piridang in
Borno State but it’s not certain that they died as the CO and eight
soldiers were fatally wounded with hope that they will survive the
attack,” one of the sources said.
However, another source stated that the
Commanding Officer who was heading towards Southern Borno with
mine-resistant vehicles survived an Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
attack only to come under heavy fire from the terrorists after stepping
down to inspect the earlier explosion.
“I don’t think he made it but it’s safer
to say he was fatally wounded and there were several casualties but the
terrorists suffered more and all I can say is that we’re not deterred.
When contacted, the Director of Army
Public Relations (DAPR), Col. Sani Usman, could not respond to several
text messages and calls to either confirm or debunk the story.
Credit: thisdaylive
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