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BH Kills Six Soldiers In Borno by Paperwhite(m): 5:49pm On Dec 11, 2017
Boko Haram kills six soldiers in Borno


At least six soldiers died in two separate Boko Haram ambushes in Borno State, military and civilian militia sources said on Monday.

Four troops were killed and 12 injured on Sunday when their convoy was attacked near Damboa, 90 kilometres (56 miles) from Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state.

Two soldiers were killed in the same area on Saturday, the sources told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity as they were not allowed to talk to the media.

A military officer in Maiduguri said Sunday’s ambush happened when troops were on patrol between the villages of Nyeneri and Falawani.

“The terrorists came in huge numbers and attacked the convoy using IEDs (improvised explosive devices) and gun trucks,” he added.

A member of the civilian self-defence force gave a similar account and death toll, and said the jihadists made off with weapons before reinforcements arrived.

He added: “Two soldiers died on Saturday when the six vehicles they travelling in came under heavy attack from Boko Haram near Bulaburin (village),” said the militia source.


The attacks came days after the military replaced the officer leading troops fighting Boko Haram following a surge in attacks, including against military outposts.

The army maintains the redeployment of Major-General Ibrahim Attahiru was routine, and the officer himself said suggestions he was sacked are “far from the truth”.

He said in his farewell speech to troops on Monday that his move was “a normal exercise” and his redeployment to army headquarters in Abuja was a “call to higher responsibility”.

Meanwhile, hundreds of people displaced by the violence deserted a makeshift camp in Birimari village, in the Nganzai district of Borno, some 80 km north of Maiduguri.

Troops had been sent to the village, which is the birthplace of Borno state governor Kashim Shettima, two years ago but soldiers were withdrawn last week, locals said.

One of the displaced, Idrissa Karim, fled with others to Gajiram, the district headquarters, as fears spread of a possible attack.
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Re: BH Kills Six Soldiers In Borno by Paperwhite(m): 5:53pm On Dec 11, 2017
[/b]"Troops had been sent to the village, which is the birthplace of Borno state governor Kashim Shettima, two years ago but soldiers were withdrawn last week, locals said."[b]
Meanwhile it's the same governor that told the whole world that Maiduguri is now more safer than Lagos right? Meanwhile how long will the BH remain "technically defeated"

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Re: BH Kills Six Soldiers In Borno by Caseless: 5:59pm On Dec 11, 2017
Na this kain news de sweet OP for belle.
Re: BH Kills Six Soldiers In Borno by SalamRushdie: 6:00pm On Dec 11, 2017
I dont see an end to this Boko haram crisis again oo, the north east will eventually become a lawless outback just like some parts of somalia

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Re: BH Kills Six Soldiers In Borno by BankeSmalls(f): 10:16pm On Dec 11, 2017
Uncle Lai will announce tomorrow that Burantashi and his boys are playing squash in the whole Sambisa forest. 

Then media blackout till the next deadly strike. 

I think Boko has killed more people under PMB than they did under Yar Adua, and Goodluck combined

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Re: BH Kills Six Soldiers In Borno by zombieHUNTER: 10:24pm On Dec 11, 2017
Technically defeated Boko Haram is still killing the zoo Army



Iz ok

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Re: BH Kills Six Soldiers In Borno by kettykin: 10:46pm On Dec 11, 2017
so Damboa is still not safe, it is well , i pity the people of borno

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Re: BH Kills Six Soldiers In Borno by Atiku2019: 10:58pm On Dec 11, 2017
kettykin:
so Damboa is still not safe, it is well , i pity the people of borno

Damboa is safe but Maiduguri to Damboa is hell

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Re: BH Kills Six Soldiers In Borno by frankyychiji(f): 11:21pm On Dec 11, 2017
kettykin:
so Damboa is still not safe, it is well , i pity the people of borno
Nothing to worry about, those soldiers were just soft targets. BH has been technically defeated.
Re: BH Kills Six Soldiers In Borno by mexxmoney: 1:23am On Dec 12, 2017
The technically defeated guys have struck again!! Over to you oga Lai, come and tell us another one.
Re: BH Kills Six Soldiers In Borno by Isokowadoo: 1:24am On Dec 12, 2017
Soft Targets, May God Rip deir Soul in Piece
Re: BH Kills Six Soldiers In Borno by Ikechuob: 3:28am On Dec 12, 2017
Funny how this did not make front page.
Re: BH Kills Six Soldiers In Borno by Nobody: 4:39am On Dec 12, 2017
Guess it will take a century to possibly defeat bokoharam. Northern Nigerian Army taking forever to overrun ragtag slippers wearing bunch of terrorists when the iraqi government has successfully decimated a more deadly ISIS and chased them completely out of iraqi borders.

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