ON Wednesday, the Nigerian Army announced that it had recovered the corpses of an officer and 15 soldiers earlier declared missing during the operation to dislodge Boko Haram terrorists from Gashigar area of Borno
Final’ at the Maimalari Cantonment in Maiduguri, Borno State, said the departed had since been buried at the Maimalari Cantonment cemetery with full military honours. Sadly, two soldiers were killed by Boko Haram terrorists on Tuesday in Mate in Borno State, during an engagement with the Army, although the terror group suffered heavy casualties.
As we noted in our previous comment on the fall of Boko Haram’s stronghold, Sambisa forest, in Borno State last month, the terror group was bound to be more deadly…
