Boko Haram fighters have stolen a
large amount of money from the Nigerian military following an ambush on a
logistics convoy on Friday morning.
One soldier was also wounded in
the attack.
Soldiers of Nigerian Army Super
Camp 3 and the 231 Battalion — both under Sector 2 Operation Lafiya Dole — were
moving supplies from Damaturu, Yobe State, to Biu, Borno State, when they drove
into a Boko Haram pitfall around Azare-Kamuya end of the highway at about 9:00
a.m., military sources said.
A fierce firefight that followed
left at least one soldier wounded and large military equipment destroyed. A gun
truck for the 231 Battalion was seized by the insurgents and taken away.
They also made away with
N15,492,000 in ration cash allowance for soldiers on the frontlines. At N1,000
per day, the amount can cover allowances of 20,000 troops for a week.
A reinforcement from 27 Task
Force Brigade, Damaturu, which later intervened in the attack killed one of the
insurgents. French newswire, AFP, reported that Boko Haram claimed two soldiers
were killed in the attack.
Military sources revealed that one Boko Haram fighter was killed but insisted only one soldier was
wounded and no military casualties in the Friday morning attack.
The attack comes as Boko Haram
continues to exploit a lack of military presence on large swathes of the
interstate between Borno and Yobe. The army said it was implementing a strategy
of concentrating soldiers at ‘super camps’ rather than at smaller outposts
across the troubled region.
While Boko Haram fighters have
invaded smaller units since they renewed targeting of military bases in
mid-2018, they have also overrun large battalions and even brigades in
different parts of the northeast. The attacks combined have left scores of
soldiers killed, including the assault that devastated 157 Task Force Battalion
last November.
As the military moves soldiers to
super camps to make attacks on bases more difficult for insurgents, Boko Haram
has been taking over communities left unprotected by the new measure. At least
two local government areas were taken over by Boko Haram in recent weeks.
The military has not commented on
the latest attack on its logistics convoy. A spokesperson, Sagir Musa, did not
return calls and messages seeking comments on the equipment
losses and stolen cash.
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