Again, Nigerian Army suffers huge loss as Boko Haram terrorists lay ambush in Yobe

The Nigerian Army has, again, suffered casualties in its fight against Boko Haram terrorists in Yobe State as unconfirmed number of soldiers were, weekend, killed in an ambush launched by the terrorists against troops.

This is even as the troops, on the other hand, killed scores of the terrorists during the encounter along Sasawa Road in Babangida Local Government Area of Yobe State.

The sect also slit the throat of no fewer than18 persons in an attack in the Lake Chad region, according to News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, which quoted a Chadian military source.

The soldiers in the Yobe attack, drawn from the 233 Battalion in Operation Lafiya Dole, were said to have suffered the loss while countering an ambush staged by elements of Boko Haram terrorists.

The terrorists, who sources said ran short of food and were in the area to loot foodstuff from the popular Babangida Market, got wind of advancement of the troops towards the area and decided to ambush them first.

The Nigerian Army, which confirmed the development in a late night statement by its spokesman, Brigadier-General Texas Chukwu, however, did not state the number of casualties on its part, even as it claimed that several Boko Haram terrorists were neutralised during the encounter.

Culled from Vanguard