Boko Haram Attacks Military Post In Borno, Kills 16 Soldiers, Several Others Missing

7dbb310edfd7a5db8948ed64668503adGunmen suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents have attacked a military post at Bulabulin Ngaura in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State, killing about 16 soldiers.

One of the soldiers that narrowly escaped the attack, who confirmed the incident to journalists in Maiduguri, the state capital yesterday, said, “We were totally subdued by the insurgents”.

The soldier, who recounted what happened amid sobbing, lamented that “some of my colleagues were abducted and many others escaped with bullet wounds. Dozens of Boko Haram insurgents stormed our checkpoint at Bulabulin on Tuesday night.

“The terrorists came in a convoy of over 30 vehicles, mounted with Anti-Aircraft guns”.

On how he was able to escape unhurt, he said, “I was at the checkpoint when the terrorists came, we tried our best but they had advantage over us. They had AA and we had AK47 rifles that are not fully loaded. When we realised that they have taken over the place, some of us escaped to Maiduguri and other places but many could not make it.

“As I am talking to you, 16 bodies of our colleagues have been brought to Maiduguri; these are besides those that sustained injuries and many others that are missing in action”.

The Defence Headquarters is yet to deny or confirm that a military post was attacked as at the time of filing this report.

4 COMMENTS

  1. If boko haram can’t stop attacking our people why dn’t we find a way of getting to their family and threating them wit that and we should cheak our goverment boko haram are nt working alone that am sure of

  2. Dis is unfortunate to a country dat call itself giant of Africa. So our govt uptill dis moment cant equip our security forces wt better arms and survillence aircraft,? its a shame. U pple shld remember judgement after death. I beg our security personnels to go on strike so dat our so call leader will learn a lesson. Nigerians is time to rise nd pray to our God so dat d secret behinde all these will be revealed. Our president shld rise up nd use d whole authourity vested on him as commander in Chief of armed forces of fed. Republic of nigeria. D whole world shld rally nd save nigeria masses north, south, east, west, we,re no longer save. Chinue Achebe indirectly told us in his novels, when d centre cnt hold, its no longer @ ease. Dis is nt a joke.