The Nigerian Army has confirmed the death of a colonel in an ambush by Boko Haram terrorists.
The army described Colonel D.C. Bako as “one of our gallant and finest war heroes.”
Spokesman of the Nigeria Army’s Operation Lafiya Dole, Ado Isa, in a press statement, confirmed the death.
He said Colonel Bako was until his death the commander of 25 Task Force Brigade in Damboa.
Isa said the colonel died in a military hospital where he was receiving treatment after the ambush.
“Operation LAFIYA DOLE wishes to intimate the general public of the demise of one of our gallant and finest war heroes, Col DC Bako. It could be recalled that the professional, gallant senior officer who always led from the front and a patriotic Nigerian, led a patrol to clear Boko Haram terrorists from Sabon Gari-Wajiroko axis near Damboa when his patrol team entered an ambush at about 10 am Sunday 20 September 2020.
“Sadly however, he was wounded in action and immediately evacuated by the Air Task Force Operation LAFIYA DOLE to the 7 Division Hospital at Maimalari Cantonment. The late senior officer was recuperating well after successful operation at the hospital, in good spirit and also said his prayers in the early hours of this morning before his sad passing at the hospital. May Almighty Allah grant his soul eternal rest,” the statement said.
