Suspected Boko Haram insurgents on Tuesday launched an audacious ambush on the convoy of the Acting General Officer Commanding, GOC, 7 Division, Brigadier General Victor Ezugwu.
The Army spokesperson, Sani Usman, said in a statement that “the leading elements of the Acting General Officer Commanding, GOC, 7 Division Nigerian Army, Brigadier General Victor Ezugwu’s leading convoy was about 8.30am on Tuesday morning ambushed by suspected Boko Haram terrorists enroute to visit troops in Bama, Borno state, north east Nigeria”. He said “although 1 soldier lost his live and 2 others were injured, they were able to clear the ambush, killing some of the terrorists and recovered vehicle and weapons from them”.
He said the recovered items include a Toyota Hilux vehicle, 2 AK-47 rifles and several ammunitions. The Acting GOC has continued his operational visit to Bama, while the body of the late soldier and the wounded had been evacuated to Maiduguri, the statement added. He added that Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General Tukur Yusuf Buratai, has also spoken with the GOC. “The Nigerian Army wish to reiterate its unalloyed commitment and determination to continue to clear the remnants of the Boko Haram terrorists wherever they might be hiding,” he said. The attack took place barely 24 hours after soldiers clashed with some Boko Haram elements in Borno State.
