Army Insists General Alive After ISWAP Left Several Soldiers Dead In Borno

Army Insists General Alive After ISWAP Left Several Soldiers Dead In Borno https://ift.tt/qrN71hv #AFN #Ajimi #Arnold #Benisheikh #Borno #Braimah #Damaturu #Kaga #Olatunbosun #Oluyede #Gwoza #Kano #Kebbi #Maiduguri #Mike #Musa #Olufemi #Oseni #Pulka #Tinubu #UBA #US Armed Forces of Nigeria, AFN has insisted that Brigadier General Oseni Braimah is alive, after several reports indicated that the Commander of the 29 Task Force Brigade in Operation Hadin Kai was left dead alongside several other Nigerian soldiers when the Islamic State of West Africa Province, Iswap launched a coordinated multiple attacks on military bases at Pulka, Bakin Ruwa communities in Gwoza local government area and Ngamdu and Benisheikh communities in the Kaga local government area of Borno state between the hours of 10pm on Wednesday night and 12am on Thursday early morning night, killing several numbers of Nigerian soldiers, overran some of the military bases, but, the Nigeria military authority claimed that Brigadier General Oseni Braimah and his troops were able to repel the attackers at Benisheikh, saying, the Brigadier General is alive and not dead as widely reported in some media platforms, in addition, the Nigerian Defence Headquarters in a press statement issued a few hours ago by Major General Michael Onoja, admitted that some numbers of Nigerian soldiers were left dead during the attacks but refused to state the total numbers of soldiers killed by the attackers; accordingly, the army said “regrettably, the encounter resulted in the loss of a few brave and gallant soldiers who paid the supreme price in the line of duty”. #OsazuwaAkonedo