PHOTOS: Nigerian Army Record Another Huge Loss As Terrorists Ambush, Kill Lt Colonel, Six Soldiers

In a yet another tragic incident, Nigerian Army have suffered a huge loss following a deadly attack by Boko Haram terrorists in the weekend.

Reports have it that the victims which include a Lieutenant Colonel in the Nigerian Army and six soldiers, 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.

According to Daily Trust, 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 further revealed that the soldiers paid a supreme price on their way to Damaturu to buy fuel.

“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.

Credit: SaharaReporters