A driver attached to Olusegun Adeniyi,
commander of operation Lafiya Dole, may have been killed in an attack by Boko
Haram insurgents on the commander’s convoy.
The incident happened on Monday
when Adeniyi, a major-general, was on his way back to Maiduguri after a visit
to Jakana, Borno state, where the insurgents struck on Saturday.
Military sources in the area said
the commander came to encourage troops to fight on, and on his way back around
7pm, the insurgents opened fire on his convoy.
“It was a heavy fire, and we
learnt the commander’s driver may have died in the hospital,” one of the
sources said.
Confirming the attack, Aminu
Iliyasu, army operations media coordinator, in a statement on Tuesday, said the
commander led his men to repel the attack, and that wounded soldiers are
responding to treatment at hospital.
“The Theatre Commander’s convoy
came under the criminals ineffective and uncoordinated fire from Anti-Aircraft
Guns, Machines Guns, Rocket Propelled Grenades and some of their foot soldiers
about 2 Kilometers to Auno in Kaga LGA of Borno State while returning from
Jakana where he visited troops’ location following his earlier meeting with the
Executive Governor of Borno State, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum at Auno,” he
said.
“In a commendable demonstration
of bold action in battle, the Theatre Commander led the gallant troops of his
convoy to engage the criminal Boko Haram Insurgents with superior fire power,
subduing them and thereafter assaulting the ambush site with his men thereby
causing the criminal insurgents to flee the location in disarray. Other senior
military officers in the Theatre Commanders’ convoy at the time of the ambush
include the Deputy Theatre Commander, Maj Gen MG Ali, Brig Gen EI Eze, Brig Gen
SI Igbinomwanya and Lt AA Tejuoso.
”In the aftermath of the
encounter, several Boko Haram criminal insurgents were decimated. Additionally, 20 rounds of 7.62mm Special
ammunition, 2 rounds of 7.62mm NATO ammunition, one camouflage trouser, one
Nigeria Police Force fragmental jacket, 2 AK 47 Rifles and 3 AK 47 Rifle
magazines were captured from the fleeing insurgents.
“Thereafter, the Theatre
Commander Major General Olusegun Adeniyi and his convoy continued their trip
and have since returned safely to the Headquarters Theatre Command Operation
LAFIYA DOLE in Maiduguri. Regrettably, 2 soldiers were wounded in action during
the encounter. The Wounded soldiers are currently receiving treatment at a
military medical facility and are responding positively to treatment.”
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