According to reports, the Commanding Officer of 101 Reserve Battalion, Damboa, Borno State, Colonel Abubakar Shonba was among the soldiers killed over the weekend in an attack on the battalion by suspected Boko Haram insurgents.
The Battalion was formed a year ago and they report directly to the Army headquarters in Abuja. The insurgents in an attack which lasted two days, bombarded Damboa, home to the elite 101 Battalion, and destroyed everything in their wake.
Director of Defence Information (DDI), Maj-Gen. Chris Olukolade at the weekend confirmed that five soldiers and an unnamed senior officer died while repelling the attack.
The Director said that the attack happened when most of the soldiers were out on patrol and a large cache of arms and ammunition which were initially stolen by the insurgents were recovered by an army patrol team.
Top military sources revealed that the weekend attack was a huge setback to the campaign against the terrorists.
It was alleged that critical military gear donated by the United States Army which were to be deployed to Damboa from where attacks would have been launched on the notorious Sambisa forest, were among the armory looted.
Was there no call for back-up? mmmm just wondering...
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