Five soldiers were killed in an ambush jihadists of Boko Haram in the northeast Nigeria, officials of the armed forces of the African country announced today. According to information transmitted by the French News Agency (AFP), a military convoy was ambushed by the Boko Haram jihadist organization near the border with Cameroon on Thursday afternoon. One of the military vehicles was blown up by a mine and then the jihadists opened fire on the security forces.
“Five soldiers paid the ultimate price and several others were injured in the ambush,” an official told AFP on condition of anonymity, according to the Athens News Agency.
“Boko Haram terrorists they had placed a mine on a road between Gwoza town and Bita village’, Borno State, “where soldiers carry out regular patrols”, another Nigerian armed forces official said.
Boko Haram had seized Gwoza in 2014, from where it had declared the establishment of a caliphate in the areas under the control of the jihadist organization. The Nigerian army regained control of the area in March 2015. However, jihadists continue to launch attacks in the wider region, using the mountains along the border with Cameroon as a base.
Many residents of small communities were forced to leave their homes and seek refuge in the towns of Gwoza and Pulka, where they live in camps under military protection.
More over 40,000 people have been killed and about two million have been displaced since 2009 when the jihadist insurgency in northeastern Nigeria began.
Source: News Beast
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