Yusuf Bello|
A brigade commander, a captain and at least 18 soldiers were on Wednesday killed in an ambush by Boko Haram insurgents in Yobe state.
The troops were ambushed on their way from Borogozo in Yobe where the headquarters of the army’s 29 task force brigade to Benisheikh in Yobe, where they have a forward operating base (FOB).
Several Boko Haram fighters were also killed by the Nigerian soldiers.
According to military sources in sector 2 headquarters of operation Lafiya Dole, the attack occurred at about 6:00 p.m. along Maiduguri-Damaturu Highway during a patrol by the colonel and other soldiers of the 29 Task Force Brigade.
“They were on their way to Benisheikh when they ran into the enemy. The commander of that brigade, a colonel, and about 20 soldiers were killed,” the source said.
A reinforcement was reportedly sent to the town and it was confirmed that the brigade commander had been killed.
Their bodies have since been moved to the 7 division hospital in Maiduguri, Borno state capital.
Army authorities are yet to confirm the incident.
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