BOKO HARAM KILLS ARMY COMMANDER, DOZENS OF SOLDIERS

Penpushing further reports that, there were fears for the fate of the troops from the base, while a military source added that the Nigerian Army was making frantic efforts to contain the traumatic effect of the attack on the larger counterinsurgency operation.

However, sources further revealed that the killed commander was a lieutenant colonel, who had overseen the unit for a long time, just as it was also learnt that, number of casualties could not be confirmed as at time of filing this report