In a tragic development, a Lieutenant serving in the Nigerian Army, along with six soldiers, fell victim to an ambush perpetrated by Boko Haram terrorists along the Biu-Buni Yadi road in Borno State.
The attack is came exactly a week after the military personnel who were murdered while on a peace mission in Delta State were laid to rest at National Military Cemetery in Abuja.
The Boko Haram insurgents reportedly ambushed the soldiers at Kamuya, a village near Buratai, the hometown of former Chief of Army Staff, retired Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, Daily Trust gathered.
A security source said the soldiers paid the supreme price on their way to Damaturu to buy fuel.
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“It’s very sad; they were soldiers of 135 Special Force BN FOB in Buratai. They were ambushed on their way to Damaturu, Yobe state, to buy fuel.
“Unfortunately, we lost an officer, a driver, gunner and four other escorts, while the wounded are in the hospital responding to treatment,” he said.
A local source, who escaped the incident by whiskers, said while on his way to the neighboring Yadi town, hometown of Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State, he ran into the scene.
“I can’t describe the kind of gun battle that ensued, the insurgents who were in large number overwhelmed the soldiers. It’s by God grace that I survived,” he said.
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