Senate mourns soldiers gunned down by insurgents in Borno

The Senate, connected Wednesday, mourned the fallen soldiers successful the Kukawa onslaught successful Borno, expressing sedate interest implicit the deadly battle connected a Nigerian Army formation.

The legislature observed a minute’s soundlessness for the soldiers, pursuing a question moved by Mohammed Monguno (APC-Borno North) during plenary successful Abuja.

Moving the motion, Monguno said the insurgents launched the coordinated onslaught successful the aboriginal hours of March 9, targeting troops stationed successful Kukawa Local Government Area.

He said the attackers precocious from respective directions, engaging soldiers successful a prolonged conflict that lasted astir 24 hours but the troops resisted bravely.

The legislator peculiarly lamented the decease of Lt.-Col. Umar Farouq, describing him arsenic a cardinal fig successful the restoration of stableness successful Kukawa aft insurgents erstwhile ransacked the town.

“Lt.-Col. Farouk played a pivotal relation successful facilitating the instrumentality of displaced residents,” helium recalled.

The lawmaker besides disclosed that respective subject vehicles were destroyed and weapons looted during the assault, describing the onslaught arsenic portion of renewed insurgent offensives.

He said the onslaught came contempt the ongoing counter-insurgency operations nether Operation Hadin Kai aimed astatine dismantling extremist networks successful the North-East.

Monguno further stated that different community, Doro successful Kukawa Local Government Area, was attacked by insurgents...