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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