Nigerian Army authorities have confirmed that two of its officers injured in an ambush by Boko Haram insurgents during a patrol in Borno State, are receiving medical treatment.
The wounded soldiers, who were part of troops that successfully fought through the ambush between Azir – Kubua along Damboa road are reported to be in a stable condition.
Reinforcements were immediately dispatched to track the insurgents, and a vehicle they hijacked during the encounter, had been recovered, the Deputy Director of Public Relations of Operation Lafiya Dole, Colonel Onyema Nwachukwu said in a statement on Tuesday.
The statement read in part: In a clearance operation, the troops took the battle to the terrorists in their enclaves at Kusha-Kucha, Surdewala, Alkanerik, Magdewerne and Mayen villages, all situated along the Nigerian – Cameroonian border.”
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