Fresh Tragedy Hits Nigerian Army As Terrorists Kill Lieutenant, Six Soldiers In Ambush
A Lieutenant in the Nigerian Army and six soldiers have lost their lives in an ambush by the Boko Haram terrorists along Biu-Buni Yadi road, Borno State
The soldiers died exactly a week after the military personnel who were murdered while on a peace mission in Delta State were laid to rest at National Military Cemetery in Abuja.
Daily Trust gathered that the Boko Haram insurgents ambushed the soldiers at Kamuya, a village close to Buratai, home town of former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Tukur Buratai (rtd).
A security source said the soldiers paid a supreme price on their way to Damaturu to buy fuel.
Meanwhile there has not been any report of Nigerian soldiers invading this community and burning houses, killings innocent people the same way the army have done in Delta state. Though very sad but people are seeing the hypocrisy of Nigerian Army when it comes to South East and South South.
“It’s very sad; they were soldiers of 135 Special Force BN FOB in Buratai. They were ambushed on their way to Damaturu, Yobe state, to buy fuel.”
“Unfortunately, we lost an officer, a driver, gunner and four other escorts, while the wounded are in the hospital responding to treatment,” he said.
A local source, who escaped the incident by whiskers, said while on his way to the neighboring Yadi town, hometown of Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State, he ran into the scene.
“I can’t describe the kind of gun battle that ensued, the insurgents who were in large number overwhelmed the soldiers. It’s by God grace that I survived,” he said.