SUSPECTED TERRORISTS ATTACK MILITARY CONVOY

Suspected Boko Haram insurgents on
Tuesday ambushed the convoy of the
Acting General Officer Commanding,
GOC, 7 Division, the Nigerian Army has
said.
The Army spokesperson, Sani Usman,
said in a statement that “the leading
elements of the Acting General Officer
Commanding, GOC, 7 Division Nigerian
Army, Brigadier General Victor
Ezugwu’s leading convoy was about
8.30am on Tuesday morning ambushed
by suspected Boko Haram terrorists
enroute to visit troops in Bama, Borno
state, north east Nigeria”.
He said “although 1 soldier lost his live
and 2 others were injured, they were
able to clear the ambush, killing some of
the terrorists and recovered vehicle and
weapons from them”.
He said the recovered items include a
Toyota Hilux vehicle, 2 AK-47 rifles and
several ammunitions.
The Acting GOC has continued his
operational visit to Bama, while the
body of the late soldier and the wounded
had been evacuated to Maiduguri, the
statement added.
He added that Nigeria’s Chief of Army
Staff, Tukur Yusuf Buratai, a lieutenant
general, has also spoken with the GOC.
“The Nigerian Army wish to reiterate its
unalloyed commitment and
determination to continue to clear the
remnants of the Boko Haram
terrorists wherever they might be
hiding,” he said.
The attack came a day after soldiers
clashed with Boko Haram militants in
Borno State.