At least three soldiers were killed when Boko Haram fighters ambushed a military convoy in Borno State.
The attack, which happened near the town of Damboa, on the edge of Boko Haram’s Sambisa Forest enclave in Borno State, is the second against the military within a week.
Penultimate Friday, one soldier was killed and nine others were wounded as the ‘jihadists’ overran a military base in the town of Marte, near the shores of Lake Chad.
They then fled with arms and ammunition.
A senior military officer said the attack targeted a convoy travelling between Damboa and the state capital, Maiduguri.
He said, “We lost three soldiers in the ambush by Boko Haram terrorists.
“The terrorists in large number, opened fire on the convoy of the commanding officer of 81 Battalion.”
