16 soldiers who were declared missing last year after an attack by Boko
Haram members in Gashigar Borno state, have been found dead. According
to the Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Lucky Irabor, who
addressed a press conference Tuesday, the remains of the missing
soldiers were found along the Kamadogou River line area in Maiduguri and
have all been buried.
"On January 5th at about 0745hrs, own troops in conjunction with CJTF
conducted clearance operation along DAMASAK – GASHIGAR road. The troops
successfully cleared DUOMA, ASAGA, GASHIGAR and other surrounding
villages. At ASAGA village, our troops encountered and dislodged some
BHT elements. Subsequently, the troops recovered corpses of one officer
and 15 soldiers earlier declared Missing in Action during their
dislodgment from GASHIGAR on 16 Oct 16.
The corpses were recovered along Kamadugou River line. Among the
recovered corpses was that of Lt Col K Yusuf, the former Commanding
Officer of 223 Tank Battalion. They have since been buried in Maimalari
Cantonment Cemetery with full military honours”he said.
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