Ambush

The Nigerian army authorities have said that five Nigerian soldiers and four members of the civilian vigilante group were killed on Sunday in an ambush by Boko Haram terrorists in Damboa local government area of Borno State.

Boko Haram terrorists on Monday ambushed troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE escorting commercial vehicles from Damboa to Maiduguri, at Sanda general area, Borno State.

Three members of the United Nations and other international humanitarian organisations were among five persons wounded when Boko Haram ambushed a team of nongovernmental organisations escorted by soldiers from Bama on Thursday attacked.

The www.icirnigeria.org has learnt that 16 soldiers, including their commanding officer, from a unit in 29 Brigade in Borno State, are still missing following an ambush on the troops while returning from a clearance operation on Friday morning.

It was a mixture of joy and sadness for the Nigerian troops on clearance operations in the Northeast on Friday Morning when the troops stormed Guro Gongon village and environs to rout out remnants of Boko Haram terrorists hibernating therein.

Troops of 29 Brigade’s Quick Reaction Force, QRF, of the Nigerian Army, with help from the youth vigilante group, Civilian JTF, on Friday successfully ambushed members of the Boko Haram terrorist group in Marguba, a village in Kaga local government area of Borno State, killing two while others escaped with gunshot wounds.