Landmine Kills 5 Soldiers, Injures 15 Others In Borno

Five warriors, including an official from the 117 Battalion, 28 Task Force Brigade, have been killed while 15 others were harmed when they ran into landmines planted by Boko Haram agitators during an activity in Kwada Kwamtah Yahi town in Chiboko nearby administration of Borno State on Thursday, January 14.

A top vigilante, Yohanna Bitrus, who was important for the soldiers’ leeway activities in Kwada Kwamtah Yahi town, unveiled that a utility activity vehicle ran over the covered ad-libbed dangerous gadget (IED) and boisterous blasts followed, bringing about losses among troops in the two Hilux vehicles.

“It was a miserable experience for us in Chibok when our escort administrator’s vehicle ran over a landmine and the van was harmed totally.

I saw the vehicle being thrown very high. We oversaw and called fortitude to clear the carcasses of the fallen legends including a lieutenant and four troopers.

Not less than 15 others sustained different levels of wounds; they are right now accepting clinical consideration at 28 Task Force Bridge Clinic in Chibok,” he said

A security source likewise affirmed the landmines assault on soldiers’ guard to our journalist.

“It happened yesterday; we lost some heroic troopers however that won’t deflect our assurance to clear them out in our present missions,” the security source said.