A Lieutenant Colonel in the Nigerian Army and six soldiers have been reportedly killed in an ambush by the Boko Haram terrorists on Biu-Buni Yadi road, Borno State.
The tragedy comes a week after the remains of military personnel who lost their lives while on a peace mission in Delta State were buried at the National Military Cemetery in Abuja.
According to a report by Daily Trust, the Boko Haram insurgents ambushed the soldiers at Kamuya, a village close to Buratai, home town of former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Tukur Buratai (retd).
A security source was quoted to have said the soldiers paid the supreme price on their way to Damaturu to buy fuel.
“It’s very sad; they were soldiers of 135 Special Force BN FOB in Buratai. They were ambushed on their way to Damaturu, Yobe state, to buy fuel.
“Unfortunately, we lost an officer, a driver, gunner and four other escorts, while the wounded are in the hospital responding to treatment,” he said.
A local source, who escaped the incident by the whiskers, said while on his way to the neighbouring Yadi town, hometown of Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State, he ran into the scene.
“I can’t describe the kind of gun battle that ensued, the insurgents who were in large number overwhelmed the soldiers. It’s by God grace that I survived,” he said
Source: Daily Trust
