Many military and other security personnel have been killed and several wounded when bandits attacked a joint military base located in Dama village in Sabon Birni local government area of Sokoto State.
The assailants also burnt down two patrol vehicles and carted away another which was used to convey food items stolen from the village.
A security source told 21st CENTURY CHRONICLE that the attack happened in the early hours of Friday.
A former chairman of Sabon Birni, Idris Muhammad Gobir, confirmed the attack.
He said many security personnel were still missing as at Sunday.
The security source said soldiers have been deployed and are currently in the forest trailing the bandits.
Neither the state Police Command nor the military has issued an official statement on the incident.
