More facts have emerged on how ISWAP aided by Libyan mercenaries 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:
“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.
“He was a gallant soldier. He took the fight to the terrorists. His death has sent a panic to people in that area.
“I am aware that some people around Chibok area have started thinking of relocating.
“Some want to go to Mubi and other places. We are trying to urge them to remain there. The insurgency is coming to an end.”
Sen. Ndume urged other security agencies and the general public to synergise with the military to defeat the terrorists.
“This is not the end but the beginning of the end of terrorists. I know that the Army has what it takes to take the fight to them.
“There is need to urge other security agencies to give the Army the needed support. We also need to urge vigilante groups to assist them,” he said.