BREAKING: President Fires Army Chief Over Death Of Soldiers Fighting Boko Haram

President of Chad, Idriss Deby has fired his Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, Seid Mahamat, following a deadly Boko Haram attack that left 23 soldiers dead, MouthpieceNG can authoritatively report.

Deby fired the Military Chief along with his two Deputies by Presidential decree.

The attack was said to have been carried out Friday night in the Southwest part of the country.

MouthpieceNG gathered that the attack took place at Dangdala, on the Northeastern bank of Lake Chad.

Soldiers were killed after coming under attack from jihadists in the early hours of Friday morning.

Friday’s attack is said to be the deadliest on the Chadian military by Boko Haram in the last six years, MouthpieceNG learnt. 

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