Two Soldiers Killed As Boko Haram Attacks Theatre Commander Convoy, Carts Away Gun Truck Source
The terrorists, who attacked the convoy on Sunday, also escaped with one gun truck belonging to the Nigerian Army.
by Saharareporters, New York
Mar 02, 2021
Two soldiers have been reportedly killed by Boko Haram terrorists in an attack launched against the theatre commander s convoy at Garin Kuturu village along Maiduguri-Damaturu Expressway.
A source in the military told SaharaReporters that the terrorists, who attacked the convoy on Sunday, also escaped with one gun truck belonging to the Nigerian Army.
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The source also said the terrorists suffered casualties although SaharaReporters could not independently confirm this as of the time of filing this reports.
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Fighters of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP), a splinter group of Boko Haram terrorists, have a United Nations (UN) in Dikwa, Borno State.
According to French news site AFP, the ISWAP fighters invaded the town of Dikwa in restive Borno state, dislodging troops from the military base and torching the humanitarian hub.
Security and humanitarian sources told the publication that the attack left 25 aid workers trapped. A humanitarian source said;
“We have 25 staff sheltering in the bunker which is under siege by the militants… but so far no staff has been affected.”
Military reinforcements, including fighter jets and a helicopter gunship, had been deployed to help repel the attackers, the military source said.
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Fighters of the dreaded Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP), a faction of the Boko Haram group, on Sunday, laid an ambush on the convoy of Farouq Yahaya, the Commandant of Nigeria’s counter-insurgency operation.
Farouq Yahaya, who is a Major General, took over from Major General Olusegun Adeniyi as leader of Operation Lafiya Dole in April 2020.
According to the online conflict reporting site, HumAngle, the ISWAP insurgents attacked the Garin Kuturu village’s theatre commander between Auno and Jakana towns along the Maiduguri Damaturu highway.
As the terrorists and the troops engaged in a fierce gun battle, at least two soldiers were reported to have sustained injuries, a development that led to their death.
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Maiduguri-Damaturu Highway. Photo; ACN-CANADABarely one week after suspected Boko Haram fighters kidnapped two aid workers travelling from Damaturu to Maiduguri, and later used the aid workers’ Facebook account to allege that they had killed them and “their corpses would never be found,” they struck again last Friday taking away 35 commuters along the same route.
Earlier on Friday, security sources informed that the terrorists staged a surprise attack on travellers at about 11 a.m., and the incident was considered unusual given the time. x
The insurgents at about 5 p.m. of the same day, returned to the highway and mounted a roadblock at Garin Kuturu a town called near Jakana.