Adamawa State Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, has expressed his condolences to the families and colleagues of Brigadier-General Dzarma Zirkusu and three other soldiers killed in battle against insurgents.
General Zirkusu was the Officer commanding the 28 Task Force Brigade in Chibok, Borno State.
The insurgents had on Saturday, launched an attack on an Army Base in Askira Uba Local Government area of Southern Borno, killing the general and three others.
The governor described the victims as brave soldiers who died in the line of duty while fighting terrorists.
“We will not be cowed by these cowards. Our armed forces will continue to fulfill our mission-defeating terror. Our Soldiers’ blood will not be shed in vain,” Fintiri said