Troops of the Nigerian army’s Operation Hadin Kai are in a
gun battle with Boko Haram insurgents in Maiduguri, Borno state.
TheCable reports that the terrorists ambushed soldiers
escorting commercial vehicles at Yaleri village along Damboa Road.
According to an intelligence officer who spoke to Zagazola
Makama, a publication focused on the Lake Chad region, the troops engaged the
insurgents while the passengers scampered for safety.
“The jihadists rained heavy gunfire on the Military convoy
moving in armoured and soft-skin vehicles, escorting commercial vehicles but
the troops are currently responding to them,” the intelligence officer was
quoted as saying.
“There is no certain figure of casualties yet.”
Recall that troops of 27 task force battalion recently killed
scores of Islamic State for West African Province (ISWAP) fighters in Yobe.
The ISWAP members had converged at Wulle on Sunday to launch
an attack on the troops’ formation but they were repelled.
Zagazola had recently reported that ISWAP fighters have
concluded plans to stage ambushes and attacks against the Nigerian military
along strategic routes and formations in the north-east.
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