In a statement issued by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, the Army stated that the troops of Joint Task Force, North-east Operation Hadin Kai were engaged in a fierce gun battle with the terrorists which also led to the death of the Brigadier General and three other soldiers. The said fighters had reportedly stormed the town in a large convoy of gun trucks. The IED blast incident, which occurred on May 30 between Marte and Dikwa, also killed some soldiers who were in the same vehicle with the late Sankara.Īccording to the sources, the troops of 28 Task Force Brigade, Chibok, were ambushed on their way to provide reinforcement in Askira, which was under attack by the ISWAP fighters. Hussaini Samaila Sankara died in July 2021 following the injuries he sustained when his vehicle ran into a landmine/IED of Boko Haram. While the Commander of the 25 Task Force Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Damboa, Colonel Dahiru Bako, was killed by Boko Haram terrorists in September 2020, the Commanding Officer of the Chief of Army Staff Mobile Intervention Battalion in Borno, Col. In January 2021, the late Brigadier General was redeployed from the Headquarters 1 Brigade, Gusau, Zamfara State to Headquarters 28 Task Force Brigade, Chibok, and appointed commander.īefore he was killed last week, the highest ranking army officers killed by terrorists in the North-east were colonels. Zirkushu, the Commander of the 28 Task Force Brigade in Chibok, was attacked and killed alongside three soldiers by the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP), in Askira Uba Local Government Area of Borno State.
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