“a minimum of 20 Nigerian soldiers are killed and a number of other others remain missing after two separate attacks by Boko Haram’s Islamic State-backed faction, military sources have told NaijaGistReporters.
Sources said the fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province in trucks fitted with machine guns overran a position in Magumeri late on Tuesday, killing about 10 soldiers.
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“We lost 10 soldiers within the ambush, five were wounded and a number of other are missing, their fate still unknown,” a officer told SaharaReporters.
The officer said the terrorists burnt three vehicles at the bottom including an armoured tank and an excavator.
At Garin Giwa Village in Kukawa government Area of the state, sources said a notorious jihadist referred to as Umar Lene on Wednesday led two other Boko Haram commanders to attack Nigerian troops stationed within the town, killing about 10 of them.
Two guntrucks were reportedly taken from the troops, who were on a routine patrol when their convoy came under fire .
In the past months, soldiers are targeted by the insurgents, who lay ambush on their path.
The Boko Haram insurgency in Northern Nigeria has caused over 30,000 deaths and displaced many individuals mainly in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states.
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