The Nigerian Army lost a soldier while two others were injured following  an ambush by armed men suspeced to bbe members of the Boko Haram terrorists.

 In a press statement, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman,  Acting Director, Army Public Relations states that the  Acting General Officer Commanding (GOC), 7 Division Nigerian Army, Brigadier General Victor Ezugwu’s leading convoy  was about 8.30am this morning ambushed by suspected Boko Haram terrorists enroute to visit troops in Bama.

 According to him, the convoy were able to clear the ambush, killing some of the terrorists and recovering  vehicle and weapons from them. The recovered items include a Toyota Hilux vehicle, 2 AK-47 rifles and several ammunitions.

 Brig-General Ezugwu  has since  continued his operational visit to Bama, while the body of the late soldier and the wounded have been evacuated to Maiduguri. 

 The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai has also spoken with the GOC, the statement concluded