Boko Haram terrorists during a lethal attack on Thursday, killed Brigade Commander of the Joint Task Force in Benesheikh, Kaga Local Government Area of Borno State, Brigadier-General O. Braimah.
Braimah, was killed alongside several officers and soldiers after the militants stormed their military base.
The attack occurred on Wednesday night when the insurgents launched an assault on the Joint Task Force base in Benesheikh, located in Kaga Local Government Area along the Damaturu Road.
The assailants fired sporadically on the facility, using explosives and heavy gunfire, leading to numerous casualties.
Among the dead are the Brigade Imam, several officers, and a yet-to-be-ascertained number of soldiers. Many others sustained serious injuries, while several personnel remain unaccounted for. The firefight reportedly lasted several hours.
The attack is the latest in a series of deadly, coordinated raids by Boko Haram and its ISWAP faction on military and police installations across Borno State.
In March alone, insurgents targeted three military bases in Baga, Buratai, and Ajilari near Maiduguri, aiming to destabilise forward positions and weaken troop morale. Although reinforcements from the Army, Air Force, and Civilian Joint Task Force eventually repelled those attacks, the raids underscored the insurgents’ capacity to strike on multiple fronts.
Around the same period, ISWAP-linked fighters attacked a forward base near Banki junction along the Bama–Gwaza Road, killing an Army Major and several soldiers after hours of heavy fighting.
The chairman of the Kaga local government area, Hon. Zanna Ajimi, confirmed the killing of Brigadier-General O. Braimah.
He said: “Yes, we just left the military base now, and I can confirm to you that the brigade commander is among the casualties,” Hon. Ajimi stated
