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How Boko Haram attacked our Mainok camp – Nigerian Army
The army said many Boko Haram fighters were killed while the army lost one officer and six soldiers.
The Nigerian Army has confirmed an ambush on one of its bases at Mainok, Borno State.
In a statement by its spokesperson, Mohammed Yerima, on Monday evening, the army described the attack as a multi-directional attack which claimed one officer and six soldiers.
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Mainok is about 60 kilometres west of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.
Sources told PREMIUM TIMES the terrorists who came around noon disguised themselves in a military convoy, went straight to the formation’s armoury and attacked the personnel.
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Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima, Director, Army Public Relations, said the insurgents carried out under multi-directional attacks.
“Regrettably, one gallant officer and six soldiers paid the supreme sacrifice while 5 other soldiers sustained various degrees of injuries”, his statement read.
The spokesman noted that the fighters stormed the battleground on an unconfirmed number of gun trucks and foot soldiers.
Their intent was to establish a phantom caliphate in the town, the Army added.
Yerima said the terrorists were held by the troops of 156 Task Force Battalion until the arrival of reinforcement teams from 7 Division, Special Army Super Camp Ngamdu and Army Super Camp 4, Benesheik.
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TheCable had reported how a commander of one of the battalions and other soldiers were killed in the attack.
Mohammed Yerima, army’s spokesperson, in a statement on Monday, said troops engaged the insurgents in a fight that lasted hours, and with the support from the Nigerian Air Force many of the insurgents were killed.
“On Sunday 25 April 2021, troops of Operation Lafiya Dole deployed in Mainok, Borno State, came under multi-directional attacks by Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists mounted on unconfirmed number of Gun Trucks as well as foot soldiers with possible intent of establishing a phantom caliphate in the town,” the statement reads.