No fewer than six military commanders in active service and one Retired Major General have been gruesomely murdered by the bloodthirsty terrorists since January this year, 2026, as insecurity escalates in Nigeria.
DAILY POST reports that the fight against insurgency turned deadlier recently with a sharp surge in killings and abduction for ransom, signaling no end to the decade-long national crisis.
While unsuspecting civilians are being murdered relatively on a daily basis, military officers and commanders are not left out in the targeted strikes by the assailants.
On February 16, 2026 Boko Haram fighters attacked the Mandaragirau community in the Biu Local Government Area of Borno State, killing Lieutenant Colonel O.C. Okolo.
He was buried at his home town in Obinofia Ndiuno, Ezeagu Local Government Area of Enugu State in April 2026.
A month after Colonel O.C. Okolo was killed, the armed militants on March 1, 2026, murdered Maj. U.I. Mairiga the Commander, Mayenti base in Borno State.
Another top military commander, Lieutenant Colonel S.I. Iliyasu on March 6, 2026 paid the ultimate price when Boko Haram fighters attacked a Battalion in Konduga area of Borno State.
Similarly, on March 9, Lieutenant Colonel Umar Farouq was killed when Boko Haram insurgents launched another deadly attack on a military base in Borno State.
The killing continued in April as Colonel I.A. Mohammed, the Commanding Officer of the Nigerian Army’s 242 Battalion in Monguno, Borno State was also murdered in active service on April 13, 2026.
Recall also that Brig. Gen. Oseni
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