The Nigerian military authorities have explained the incident that led to the death of Muhammad Abu-Ali, a lieutenant colonel ,and two other senior officers who were killed in Boko Haram ambushes.
According to sources in the know, families of the affected soldiers have been asked to forward information of their next of kin to the authorities so that their benefits could be paid to them.
The Borno Police Command has confirmed two more explosions after a separate suspected suicide bombing in Maiduguri, the state capital earlier on Friday.
Personnel of the Nigerian Police Force in Borno State have averted a suicide attack in the Jiddari Poli area of Maiduguri during the early hours of Friday.
The Defence Headquarters, DHQ, has denied reports making the rounds claiming that the federal government paid a ransom in order to effect the release of some of the kidnapped Chibok girls.
Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, has attributed the renewed attacks by the Boko Haram Terrorist group to the support of some wealth- to- do Nigerians.
