Some soldiers, their commanding officer and many vigilantes from Bama town in Borno State have reportedly gone missing after they were ambushed by suspected Boko Haram terrorists while on their way for an operation on Friday.
Sources confirmed that a search for the missing soldiers and vigilantes was launched yesterday.
One of the sources told Daily Trust on Sunday that the troops who were based in Bama town in central Borno, were ambushed around 2pm Friday near a village called Bulagallaye, while moving in a convoy of 16 Hilux trucks loaded with soldiers and vigilantes.
“They were on their way for an operation in Bulagallaye along Bama /Dikwa axis when the assailants ambushed them,” the source said.
According to him, “you know this is raining season and operations along that axis are increasingly becoming tough because of the terrain. One of the trucks in the convoy…
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