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Over 2,700 Soldiers, 350,000 Lives Lost to Boko Haram Insurgency – Gen. Irabor Reveals in New Book

Former Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor (Rtd.), has revealed the staggering human toll of the Boko Haram insurgency, stating that more than 2,700 Nigerian soldiers died between 2009 and 2021. In his newly published military memoir titled “Scars: Nigeria’s Journey and the Boko Haram Conundrum,” obtained
October 12, 2025