Army Invites Widow To Witness Slain Colonel Eze’s Burial In Maiduguri

The Nigerian Army has invited widow of the late Chief of Staff of the 29 Taskforce Brigade, Colonel Kenneth Eze Elemele, to witness the burial of the army officer who was recently killed in an ambush by Boko Haram insurgents in Borno State.

A family source told THE WHISTLER that Elemele will be buried today, Friday, in Maiduguri at a military cemetery.

The family source said the slain colonel’s wife, Mrs Lucy, left Port Harcourt, Rivers State, for Abuja on Wednesday and had been conveyed to Maiduguri by the army to witness her husband’s burial.

Elemele alongside an army captain and four other soldiers of the brigade were said to have been killed on July 17, 2019, by members of the ISWAP-affiliated Boko Haram insurgents while disembarking after an assignment from Damaturu in Yobe State to Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The ambush took place in the Jakana area of the state.

The late colonel hails from Ogba Egbema Ndoni LGA of Rivers State. He is survived by his wife, and three children.