Boko Haram insurgents on Monday night ambushed the convoy of the Theatre
commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Major Gen. Olusegun Adeniyi.
Olusegun Adeniyi, survived the attack which took place few kilometer
away from Jakana, on Monday around 7: 20 pm.
According to a
military source, the theatre commander was on his way back to Maiduguri
after a visit to troops who were recently deployed to Jakana. The troops
were deployed to Jakana in order to protect lives and property in the
general area against Boko Haram attack.
“As we were coming back
to Maiduguri after we left Jakana, suddenly we stated hearing gun shots
all over the place. They bombarded us with heavy fire from different
angle but our men with the Theatre commander successfully repelled the
attack,” the source said. It was learnt that the vehicle of the theatre
commandant was badly damaged, riddled with gun holes from the attack.
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