A Captain of the Nigerian Army and four soldiers were killed at the weekend in an evening attack launched by suspected Boko Haram militants on 27 Taskforce Brigade of the Nigeria Army in Buni Yadi, Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe State on Saturday.
Military sources said “Some of the soldiers have spent over 20 years in active service and the captain was posted recently to the Brigade before the terrorists struck and killed them.”
The source who said scores of the Boko Haram terrorists were killed in the attack, noted that the casualty on the side of terrorists could not be ascertained because most of them fled with bullet wounds while copses were seen scattered in the bush.
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Spokesman of the Brigade, Lt. George Okupe, confirmed the attack, except that he could not confirm the casualty figure of troops killed but noted that troops were currently on the trail of the fleeing terrorists.
“I cannot confirm whether the captain and the five soldiers were killed, but I know that some of the soldiers are MIA (Missing In Action),” he said.
Buni Yadi was a Boko Haram stronghold recaptured by the military in 2015 before the 27 Taskforce Brigade relocated there from Damaturu due to its strategic location.
The community said to be located on the fringes of Sambisa Forest, is believed to be one of the escape routes of Boko Haram terrorists recently dislodged by a combination of air and land assault on their epicenter in Ground Zairo.
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