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Five Nigerian troopers slaughtered in Boko Haram fight – Army

By Jennifer Y Omiloli

Five soldiers were killed after Boko Haram activists assaulted an army installation in northeastern Nigeria, military sources provided details regarding Monday.

Individuals from the Islamic State Group in the West African Province (ISWAP), took the base of Mararrabar Kimba, in Borno State, 135 km from the provincial capital, Maiduguri, on Friday. The radicals caught the weapons before pulling back, an officer said Saturday.

After three days, a first appraisal demonstrates that somewhere around five individuals have passed on and around 30 missing.

“We found five bodies of soldiers who paid the ultimate price in fighting terrorists,” an officer told AFP. “Rescue teams are still looking for about 30 other soldiers who have gone missing since the attack,” he added.

A second officer, who confirmed the death toll of five, added that the army was still hoping that the soldiers who were at large would be found.

“There are high hopes that the missing soldiers will be found – or that they will find their way back,” he hoped: “We don’t think of the worst case scenario.

The Nigerian armed force has not authoritatively covered the episode.

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As indicated by data accumulated from military sources on Saturday, the assailants touched base in twelve pick-ups outfitted with substantial automatic rifles. They additionally had three heavily clad staff bearers stolen from the security powers. They were joined by a gathering of cruiser contenders.

After an exceptional trade of flame, the officers were overpowered and various them scattered to get away from the better outfitted Islamists.

In excess of 27,000 individuals have passed on since the start of the Boko Haram uprising in northeastern Nigeria in 2009, and 1.8 million others are as yet unfit to return home.

The gathering likewise works in different nations of the Lake Chad territory (Chad, Cameroon, Niger), where it completes assaults against law implementation organizations and snatchings of regular folks.

An alliance of Chadian, Nigerian and Cameroonian powers has been propelling a hostile against jihadist fixations in the area for a little while.

Nigerian armed force boss General Tukur Buratai cautioned a week ago against regrouping the two groups in Boko Haram to make a jihadist enclave that would stretch out from northeastern Nigeria to the Lake Chad district.

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