BARELY two weeks after Lieutenant-Colonel Muhammed Abu Ali was killed in Maiduguri, Lieutenant-Colonel B. U. Umar was also killed by Boko Haram terrorists at about 9:30 am on Tuesday in Bita, Adamawa State, while eight soldiers suffered various degrees of injuries.

Informed military sources disclosed to CEOAfrica’s source Nigerian Tribune that Lieutenant-Colonel Umar, who was until his death the commanding officer 114 task force battalion, was ambushed by the Boko Haram terrorists.

The source revealed that the battalion, while on a regular patrol, came across some Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and had promptly cleared it off the way, but were later ambushed by the terrorist group. However, the army officer was the only one who died in the ambush.

Meanwhile the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has carried out a recent attack on Boko Haram insurgents’ location on the outskirts of Malkonori in northern Borno State. The latest attack was a follow-up to the close air support operation that repelled the insurgents who attacked ground forces at Kangarwa.

Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Force, Group Captain Ayodele Famuyiwa, in a statement in Abuja, on Tuesday, said survivors among the insurgents had fled to Dogochuku, where they were also attacked by NAF fighter aircraft and forced to relocate to Malkonori, adding that ground forces confirmed a number of the insurgents were killed and their vehicle destroyed from the latest air strike at Malkonori.