“No fewer that Seven soldiers of the Nigerian Army lost their live and 14 others critically injured after the troops ran into a Boko Haram ambush in Borno State” Omokoshaban gathered.
The report which was confirmed by a soldiers at the war front told Newsmen that the troops were on a patrol a Doska area in Borno State when they ran into the ambush by Boko Haram terrorist leading casualties.
Doska area, is located in Damboa local government area of Borno is one of the strongholds area of the terrorist, the area were deserted since 2015.
The sources narrated that the troops while on patrol, sighted some people in military uniforms and gun trucks, believing them to be from another formation.
It was only when they had moved closer that they discovered they had been tricked as the people they sighted were actually members of the Boko Haram Terrorist group.
“The troops were on a fighting patrol, and when they got to Doska, they saw these people in military uniforms and military machines, and they even waved so our troops thought they were soldiers from another formation,” a source said.
“The troops stopped, exchanged greetings with these people. And as they proceeded, they ran into an ambush. Immediately, the insurgents closed in on them, opening fire.
“We lost seven soldiers, and 14 were critically injured,” the source added.
The insurgents are understood to have planted improvised explosive devices (IEDs) all round the area, making navigation much more difficult for the military.
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