- President Buhari has summoned Service Chiefs to an emergency security meeting
- The Service Chiefs were reportedly summoned over the latest deadly Boko Haram attack in Borno
- The attack left many soldiers dead while some are still reportedly missing
President Muhammadu Buhari has summoned Service Chiefs to an emergency security meeting over the reported killing of some Nigerian soldiers by Boko Haram sect along the Nigeria-Chad border on Sunday, November 18.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reliably gathered that the urgent meeting was necessitated by the latest security developments across the battlefields in the northeast region of the country.
A reliable source, who preferred not to be named, confirmed this development to NAN in Abuja on Friday, November 23.
NAN learnt that the federal government pronouncement on the latest victims of Boko Haram insurgency was being delayed because families of the victims were being identified and contacted.
“The president has called an urgent meeting with the Service Chiefs.
“And the families of the latest victims of the Boko Haram are being identified and contacts made before a government pronouncement on the tragic attacks.
“This, it is understood is the reason for the silence of the government over the incident,’’ the source added.
According to some reports, no fewer than 44 soldiers were killed during the attacks, which occurred at Metele, a remote village bordering Nigeria and Chad. The village is located in Guzamala local government area of Borno state.
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that the Nigerian Army also broke its silence on the attack in the night of Friday, November 23.
Though it confirmed the attack, which it described as “an unfortunate event”, it decried the misinformation being circulated about the attack.
“It is important for the public to note that the NA has laid down procedures for reporting incidents that involve its personnel who fall casualty in action. Out of respect for the families of our gallant troops, the NOKs(Next of Kins) are first notified before any form of public information so as to avoid exacerbating the grief family members would bear, were they to discover such from unofficial sources,” the Army stated.
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