Boko Haram terrorists have killed six soldiers in a fresh ambush in Borno state.
This killing was coming exactly a week after the military buried in Abuja the 17 soldiers murdered in Delta State community of Okuama.
It was learnt that the insurgents of Boko Haram took the soldiers unawares at Kamuya, a village close to Buratai, home town of former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Tukur Buratai (rtd).
The soldiers were on their way to Damaturu to buy fuel when they were attacked.
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.
“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.
“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’s grace that I survived,” he said.
