Boko Haram insurgents seem to be gaining momentum in their guerrilla warfare against the Nigerian troops in the north-east.
Late Lt. Mukhtar
Nigerian Army Officer Lt. Mukhtar was also killed in the Boko Haram ambush that claimed the life of his colleague, Lt. Colonel Umar in Borno.
This dispels the popular belief that the Boko Haram sect that has ravaged Nigeria in the last 7 years has been technically defeated as claimed by the Nigerian government.