Boko Haram Ambush: Pray for our son, his fate unknown – Family of missing soldier

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Boko Haram, Pandemonium as Boko Haram attacks Chibok community
Boko Haram fighters

By Adesina Wahab

The entire members of Wakil Family of Mogbelerin compound, Iwo, Osun State are now fervently praying for the safety of their son Olamilekan Remilekun Wakil, who was among those attacked by Boko Haram insurgents in an ambush last Monday.

Their apprehension is accentuated by the fact that it was barely 48 hours after he left them for his duty post that the news frittered in that his team had been attacked.

Lekan, as he is fondly called, joined the Nigerian Army in 2016 after completing a course in Building Technology at the Osun State College of Technology, Esa Oke and became a non-commissioned officer in the military.

At least, that is a better way to serve his fatherland than becoming an internet fraudster that would dent the nation’s image.

When he was given a two-week break from the battlefront in Borno State late June, what was his top priority was to reconnect with his family members and friends. He surely did that, but no one, not…



Source: Vanguard Newspaper