‘Boko Haram Kills 847 Nigeria Soldiers Within Six Years’
LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chairman, Senate Committee on the Army, Senator Ali Ndume, has disclosed that about 847 Nigerian soldiers killed by the Boko Haram terrorists from 2013 till date were buried in the Military Cemetery located in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.
Ndume made this known while fielding questions from newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday.
He said his colleagues that went to Borno State for an oversight debunked allegation of mass burial of soldiers killed by terrorists in Borno State.
He said: “The war is won, but Boko Haram needs to be defeated.
“They don’t only attack civilians, but the military as well.
“So far, for the record, we saw in the cemetery, I think we lost over 847 soldiers – by their record here.
“And that is in that cemetery alone.
“That is from 2013 till date.
“And just so you know they have cemeteries elsewhere where they bury victims.
“But that allegation that there is mass burial, is not true.
“Nigerians don’t do that.
“Nigerian Army will never do that.
“In fact, if any of them is missing, they go out to search and get the person before declaring whether or not he is dead and even if he is dead, they make attempts to retrieve the body.
“We went, we asked questions.
“That is not true.”
Ndume added the its Committee was already investigating allegations that some non-governmental agencies operating in the North East were providing useful information to the Boko Haram leaders.
The former Senate Leader explained that he figure did not include other soldiers killed by the insurgents and buried in other military cemeteries located in other parts of the North East geopolitical zone.
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