At least 30 Nigerian soldiers have been killed in a gun battle with Boko Haram fighters who overran a military base in the country's northeast, according to military sources.

Scores of fighters in trucks stormed the base at Zari village in Borno state late on Thursday and briefly captured it after intense fighting, two sources told AFP news agency on Saturday.

"They came in large numbers in trucks and carrying heavy weapons and engaged soldiers in a battle that lasted for an hour," a military officer said.

"They overwhelmed the troops who were forced to temporarily withdraw before reinforcements arrived," said the officer who asked not to be named because he was not authorised to speak.

Boko Haram took weapons and military equipment before they were pushed out of the base by troops with aerial support, said a second military source who gave a similar death toll.

"The terrorists also suffered heavy casualty from the bombardment," one of the military officers said.
Boko Haram are thought to have attacked the base from the nearby Garunda village, where 17 troops were killed and 14 wounded in an attack on another military base last month, the sources said.


Military response

In a statement late on Friday, the Nigerian military confirmed soldiers fought Boko Haram "insurgents ... on rampage to loot the community and extort money from villagers".

"Troops ... have successfully routed Boko Haram insurgents in an encounter that ensued yesterday evening at Zari village," the military said in the statement.

It did not speak of military casualties and the raid on the base but maintained "several Boko Haram fighters and weapons" were destroyed in the fight.

The Nigerian army has on several occasions disputed reports on losses to Boko Haram and has in some cases played them down.

Boko Haram has waged an armed campaign in northeast Nigeria for years. The fighting has left more than 20,000 people dead and displaced over two million since 2009.

In recent months, the armed group has intensified attacks on military targets in recent months.
The assaults appear to undermine repeated claims by the Nigerian military that Boko Haram had been defeated.

On July 14, Boko Haram fighters overran a military base in Jilli village, in neighbouring Yobe state when dozens of troops were said to be been killed, wounded or missing. Soldiers and civilians have also been targeted in separate attacks in neighbouring Chad and Niger.

Source : https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/09/nigerian-soldiers-killed-boko-haram-army-base-raid-180901141047508.html

When will Yoruba soldiers in the Nigerian military decide to stop risking their lives for a worthless fight.

You heard the Emir of Kano today (Sanusi Lamido). The Northern Elites consider you as colonizers and are hell bent on allowing only their 500 year old Almajiri Islamic Education.

According to Emir Sanusi, Northern Muslims want real independence in the practice of their Almajiri education and these people will keep funding this independence struggle through Boko Haram who are against Western Education as well as using their Northern brothers to sabotage whatever mission of the Nigerian Military while using Southern soldiers as Pawns.

It seems our soldiers are carrying sticks and stones to fight Boko-haram

Python dancers are busy dancing in a peaceful south east where people enjoy themselves in harmony, while boko boys are clearing the unfortunate ones up north.

Hopeless country.

The Nigerian Army thinks everything is to go and fight unarmed IPOB

Go and Python dance with armed Boko Haram let's see the stuff you are made of

Lie mohammmed will never talk about this

chai!
Allah please safe the pythons

vanbonattel:
Python dancers are busy dancing in a peaceful south east where people enjoy themselves in harmony, while boko boys are clearing the unfortunate ones up north.

Hopeless country.

Na for where we dey dem dey form Tarzan!

Junk govt. They promised us BH dissappearance but see us now. . .

Zoo soldiers depreciating by the day.

Boko Haram wasn't decimated afterall after nearly 4 years. I wonder which area this govt made any positive impact,... after 4 years

Buhari would be filled with happiness now. His boys ate really doing a great job.

Many don't know but Bono harms is more equipped and stronger today thanks to Buhari generous ransome payment to them ..

Hmmmm...its so sad i still dont know why d good soldiers are keeping quiet its obvious boko haram has moles in the military i suspect dose generals

They should release the names of the dead soldiers and you will be shocked that almost all of them are southerners.

RIP gallant ones!

Shelumiel:
It seems our soldiers are carrying sticks and stones to fight Boko-haram

The army has ran out of ammunitions and equipments bought by the last administration ...

Buhari will rather pay Boko Haram ransom than equip or pay the soldiers...

Lifeless traveller ... No wonder they gave him an award in China today

Beremx:
They should release the names of the dead soldiers and you will be shocked that almost all of them are southerners.

RIP gallant ones!

What do you expect from the most nepotic waste of life

Where two or three cows are gathered
Buhari is in their midst

Nigeria as a country is a big joke,how come these terrorists are conducting large scale attacks n yet we can't pin point their location n do the necessary.

d military will deny it& come 4d reporter.

dese are d handiwok of insiders within d military all 2sustain an agenda

lastempero:
Nigeria as a country is a big joke,how come these terrorists are conducting large scale attacks n yet we can't pin point their location n do the necessary.

That is why most of us can not be convinced that Buhari is fighting terrorism. I personally believe Buhari is aiding and financing terrorism.

What is the different between nigeria army and boko haram,because to me both of them are terrorist

one of the few news that made it out of the cauldron of propaganda put in place by this administration.


the situation in dire, but news is suppressed...

That $1bn buhari withdrew from ECA please what is doing with it biko nu? Did he guzzle it or he gave it to his son to buy another okada?



Kai Baba

Buhari stop the killings.

Beremx:
They should release the names of the dead soldiers and you will be shocked that almost all of them are southerners.

RIP gallant ones!

Your eyes don clear
After all you nearly die for Buhari if i should recall well.

They said GEJ didn't buy weapons and that was why BH festered.
so what is the reason for all these even as Buhari collected 1 billion.

tit:
chai!
Allah please safe the pythons

Sister, where you dey since?

A country without A regards For Human Life.
Anyone who die for this False country done it at his or her own risk.
Nigeria is already hell on earth Some times i shake my head for those shouting APC, PDP etc.


Nothing can Change from now till tomorrow, because the nation is full of lies and deceit . No True Love no moral and constitution value. ................. Truth has lost it way.

Sharpshooota:


The army has ran out of ammunitions and equipments bought by the last administration ...

Buhari will rather pay Boko Haram ransom than equip or pay the soldiers...

Lifeless traveller ... No wonder they gave him an award in China today

Lol. ...No be lie

Too bad! So sad! Even the lives of our troops have no value again.RIP soldiers.