Another senior Nigerian Army officer has been killed by suspected Boko Haram militants.
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A Lieutenant Colonel and Commanding Officer, 118 Task Force
Battalion in Borno State, O. Umusu, has been killed alongside his
security details, by an Improvised Explosive Device in an ambush on
Monday evening.
According to an exclusive report by Premium Times,
military insiders said the senior Nigerian Army officer and his men
were returning from Maiduguri to their location towards Baga when he was
killed by suspected Boko Haram militants.
Their remains were evacuated to 7 Division Medical Services and
Hospital, and this is the fourth lieutenant colonel the army is losing
in two months.
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