{"id":106963,"date":"2021-11-13T20:58:55","date_gmt":"2021-11-13T19:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=106963"},"modified":"2021-11-13T21:18:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-13T20:18:00","slug":"army-confirms-insurgents-killed-senior-officer-three-soldiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/11\/13\/army-confirms-insurgents-killed-senior-officer-three-soldiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Army confirms insurgents killed senior officer, three soldiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The killing of a senior officer Brigadier General Dzarma Zirkusu and three soldiers by insurgents has been confirmed by the army at\u00a0Askira Uba Local Government Area.<\/p>\n<p>This was contained in a statement released on Saturday by the director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu.<\/p>\n<p>According to Nwachukwu,\u00a0the deceased officer and the soldiers exhibited rare displayed of \u201cgallantry as they provided reinforcement in a counter offensive against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/11\/13\/several-equipment-destroyed-as-troops-kill-scores-of-iswap-terrorists-in-askira-uba\/\">terrorists<\/a> and successfully defended the location\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He said the families of the senior officer and soldiers have been contacted.<\/p>\n<p>According to him: \u201cTroops of Joint Task Force, North East Operation Hadin Kai, have neutralised several Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in Saturday\u2019s encounter at Askira Uba Local Government Area\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. 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