A source told SaharaReporters that the soldiers were attacked in Garin Kuturu village, along Maiduguri-Damaturu Highway.
by Saharareporters, New York
Dec 20, 2020
The Nigerian Army has reportedly lost one soldier in an ambush by Boko Haram insurgents in Borno State.
A source told SaharaReporters that the soldiers were attacked in Garin Kuturu village, along Maiduguri-Damaturu Highway.
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The insurgents, who appeared in military uniforms, were said to have mounted a roadblock on the highway.
“About four soldiers in a civilian vehicle saw the Boko Haram roadblock while returning from a trip and asked the driver to turn back immediately to the Jakana axis. The terrorists engaged the vehicle, making some of them in the vehicle to sustain varying degrees of gunshot wounds.
Thirty-five commuters have been abducted on Maiduguri-Damaturu highway, a senior security source has revealed.
He said the commuters were traveling at about 6pm on Friday before they were accosted by insurgents dressed in military camouflage.
According to the source, the commuters were few kilometres away from Maiduguri and were rushing to meet the 6pm window allowed for vehicles to get into troubled Maiduguri.
Vehicles are always not allowed passage into Maiduguri as the highway leading into the town from Damaturu, which has a gate at Njimtilo, few kilometres into the town is locked at 6pm.
The source said the insurgents abducted the victims after attacking a large convoy of commuters near Garin Kuturu in Jakana on Friday evening.
According to
TheCable, the insurgents abducted the victims after attacking a large convoy of commuters near Garin Kuturu in Jakana at about 5 pm.
The news platform reported that the terrorists, who allegedly appeared in military uniforms mounted a road block on the highway with five hilux before taking away the passengers.
A source, who spoke to TheCable said, “
The passengers first sighted a burning fire, but they thought it was bush burning, not knowing that they had already ambushed a Dangote’s truck driver and set it ablaze.
“But while they were approaching the scene, they sighted the insurgents storming towards them on trucks mounted with heavy weapons, before they could turn their vehicles to run, the insurgents had already caught up with them.
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