{"id":723809,"date":"2019-10-15T15:23:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T15:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/10\/15\/boko-haram-insurgents-have-killed-847-nigerian-soldiers-ndume\/"},"modified":"2019-10-15T15:23:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T15:23:00","slug":"boko-haram-insurgents-have-killed-847-nigerian-soldiers-ndume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/15\/boko-haram-insurgents-have-killed-847-nigerian-soldiers-ndume\/","title":{"rendered":"Boko Haram Insurgents Have Killed 847 Nigerian Soldiers: Ndume"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_532650\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-532650\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-532650\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Ali-Ndumee.jpg\" alt=\"Ali Ndume\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-532650\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ali Ndume<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ali Ndume, Chairman, Senate Committee on army, has said that Boko Haram insurgents have killed 847 Nigerian soldiers from 2013 to date.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the soldiers were buried in the military cemetery located in Maiduguri, Borno capital.<\/p>\n<p>He said the figure only includes soldiers killed by the insurgents and buried in the military cemetery in Maiduguri, not those buried in other military cemeteries.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with reporters after his committee returned from a trip to Borno, he said the committee members discovered during the visit that soldiers were under-equipped to confront insurgents.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:\u00a0Boko Haram, Banditry, IPOB, OPC Are Caused By Unemployment: FG<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The lawmaker also stated that the number of soldiers confronting insurgents was inadequate, calling on the government to recruit more troops.<\/p>\n<p>Ndume revealed that the Senate panel was already investigating allegations that some non-governmental organisations were working with Boko Haram.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ali Ndume Ali Ndume, Chairman, Senate Committee on army, has said that Boko Haram insurgents have killed 847 Nigerian soldiers from 2013 to date. 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