The Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume, said on Tuesday that from 2013 till date, 840 Nigerian soldiers have been killed by the Boko Haram terrorists.
Ndume, who stated this while briefing journalists in Abuja on the findings by his colleagues who recently returned from Maiduguri, added that the soldiers were buried in the Military cemetery located in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.
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He said the figure did not include other soldiers who were murdered by the terrorists and buried in other military cemeteries located in other parts of the North-East geopolitical zone.
He also said some of the killings of Nigerian soldiers were based on allegations that some non-governmental agencies operating in the North-East, were providing useful information to the Boko Haram leaders.
Ndume stated that the Senate panel will investigate the allegations. (PM NEWS)
