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Borno Att@ck: Boko Haram Reportedly K+lls Nigerian Army Commander Lt. Col. Umar Farouq

Borno Att@ck: Boko Haram Reportedly K+lls Nigerian Army Commander Lt. Col. Umar Farouq

Lieutenant Colonel Umar Farouq, a senior officer and Commanding Officer in the Nigerian Army, was reportedly k+lled during a Boko Haram att@ck on a military base in Kukawa, Borno State.

The att@ckers also targeted residents in the Kukawa community. A military source confirmed Farouq and several of his men as casualties.

This comes less than 72 hours after another senior officer, Lieutenant Colonel SI Iliyasu of 222 Battalion, was k+lled in Konduga, Borno.

 

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