See touching photos of the gallant soldiers who died during rescue mission of NNPC officials

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– Some soldiers lost their lives during an attempt to rescue NNPC workers

– The workers were on an oil exploration in the region

– Their families are still trying to come to terms with their demise

Pictures have emerged of some of the soldiers who were killed by Boko Haram operatives during a mission to rescue abducted oil explorers in Borno.

ZENITHBLOG.com had reported that the victims were abducted near a village called Jibi in Gubio local government area on Tuesday, July 25, while moving alongside some personnel of the Civilian-JTF

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A day after the abduction, the Nigerian army in a press statement on Wednesday, July 27, by its spokesman, Brig. Gen. Sani Usman, claimed that all the NNPC staff abducted in the Tuesday’s ambush had been rescued.

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ZENITHBLOG.com gathered that no less than 12 soldiers in an earlier report were killed while at least four out of 12 staff of the University of Maiduguri equally lost their lives.

Family members of the soldiers are still mourning their demise

The names of the deceased are: Dr Milicus Joseph from Geology Dept, Idris Abubakar Njodi and Dr Daniel Birma of Dept of Soil Science.

The soldiers paid the ultimate price while trying to rescue abducted NNPC officials

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Some pictures of the soldiers who lost their lives were exclusively sent to ZENITHBLOG.com and that their families are still trying to come to terms with their tragic loss.

Recall that the minister of state for Petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, said he can’t confirm if any of the recently abducted 10 staff of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) have been rescued.

Punch reports that the minister, while speaking to journalist at the NNPC Towers in Abuja on Thursday, July 27, said: “We only heard, but can’t confirm if anyone has been rescued.”

Watch a ZENITHBLOG.com TV video below of the air force’s operation against Boko Haram:

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