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| Lt. Col. Adeboye Obasanjo. |
According to Sahara Reporters, Adeboye Obasanjo who an army engineer, was a Lieutenant Colonel at the 3rd Division in Jos, Plateau State. He was shot in the legs and is now at the hospital.
The platoon was fighting Boko Haram militants in Baza, which is the village of the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 3rd division when the incident took place.
The Lieutenant Agwu of the 234 battalion, GOC of the 3rd Division, Major Gen JS Zaruwa and Colonel Victor Ebhaleme who serves as the Brigade Commander of the 23rd Army brigade in Yola were all together advancing towards Michika when Boko Haram fighters unleashed the deadly attack on the soldiers.
As of right now, his father, the former military and civilian head of state is said to be in Singapore on a business trip.
Apart from the dead soldiers, the army also lost an armored tank to the militants. As a result of the attack, the army has moved sensitive weapons from mubi to the Brigade headquarters in Yola leaving mubi vulnerable to attack. The town of Mubi has practically been deserted following the closure of schools and massive retreat of soldiers from the city.