Nine killed as Boko Haram ambushes soldiers in Borno

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Nine killed as Boko Haram ambushes soldiers in Borno

Five soldiers of the Operation LAFIYA DOLE were on Sunday killed while carrying out clearance operations on suspected Boko Haram terrorists’ hideouts in Talala and Ajigin, southern part of Borno State.

Three vigilantes and 1 Civilian JTF lost their lives during the ambush, while 19 soldiers and 1 Civilian JTF sustained various degrees of injuries.

Confirming the incident, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, the Acting Director Army Public Relations, said the bodies of the late soldiers and civilians had been evacuated to Maiduguri, while the injured were currently receiving treatment in an undisclosed hospital.


Usman said the troops destroyed the terrorists’ Gun truck and recovered 2 Anti-Aircraft guns, 2 spare Gun barrels, 1 General Purpose Machine Gun, 1 Rocket Propelled Grenade, 1 AK-47 Rifle and 320 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition.

He recalled that another set of troops had earlier cleared Zira, Abulam, Dusula, and Buk villages before returning to base in Bulabulin.

He said, “in a related development, based on information received about gathering of some suspected Boko Haram terrorists around Bori village, which is 16 kilometres away from Mainok, outskirts of Maiduguri, troops swung into action and neutralized them.

“The troops recovered 3 Motorcycles, 1 hand Grenade, 1 round of 7.62mm ammunition, Solar panel, a pair of Niger Republic military camouflage uniform, 1 Gionee mobile telephone handset, 1 Wet Cell battery and half bag of groundnut.”


Meanwhile, Vigilant soldiers on Sunday shot dead a suspected Boko Haram suicide bomber in Maiduguri after he was spotted trying to creep into the Bakassi Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs camp.