Melete Attack: Gov’t should tell Senators how to help – Senator Olujimi
By OakTV
30 November 2018 |
5:26 am
Senators bemoaned the reported killing of 44 soldiers attached to the 157 Task Force Battalion in Melete, Borno State by Boko Haram insurgents.
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