MORE facts have emerged on how Libyan mercenaries believed to have joined forces with insurgents of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) in the Northeast, killed Brigadier General Dzarma Zirkusu and three other soldiers in Borno.
Chairman Senate Committee on Army, Senator Muhammed Ali Ndume, who spoke on the deadly attack in Abuja, said that the incident has caused panic among residents in the area.
Ndume, who represents Borno South in his reaction to the killing of the General, expressed his condolences and described the incident as painful.
He lamented that residents are fleeing Askira as ISWAP terrorists are believed to be regrouping in Lake Chad region.
Late General Zirkusu, was the commander, 28 Task Force in Chibok.
The attack came 24 hours after military airstrikes took out several top commanders of ISWAP while they were allegedly holding a strategic meeting with their new leader, Sani Shuwaram, at Sabon Tumbun and Jibularam, in Marte Local Government Area of the State.
Ndume said: “I want to express my condolences to the Nigerian Army over the death of the General who died along Chibok road. ISWAP terrorists attacked a town there.
“They know that the General was the major obstacle to their operation. They laid an ambush and rammed a bomb-laddened car into his vehicle.
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