Two Nigerian soldiers died on Saturday after a convoy in which they
and 188 colleagues bound for Mali was ambushed in Okene, Kogi State Nigeria.
The attack took place around 6:05am local time as militants cut through the convoy of Mali-bound Nigerian army peacekeepers travelling in three luxury buses via Kaduna to Bamako, Mali, according to our reporters.
The militants decimated the convoy with the aid of IEDs planted on the highway and began firing on the troops afterwards.
The soldiers were under escort at the time and the military escorts alter returned fire, but the assailants who were parked on both sides of the highway escaped the scene after two soldiers had been killed and several others injured.
Nigerian Army spokesperson, Brig-General Bola Koleosho, confirmed to our reporters by phone that two soldiers were killed while the bomb explosion injured four others.
The wounded soldiers are receiving treatment at the Federal Medical Centre in Okene.
The attack is coming on the heels of a disclosure by the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, on Thursday that Mali-trained Boko Haram militants had arrived Nigeria in large numbers to carry out attacks on various targets in the country.
Also a JTF source told our reporters that Boko Haram elusive leader, Abubakar Shekau, is currently in Mali receiving weapon training after sustaining injuries during a shoot out in Maiduguri last year.
The source said Shekau now limps on one leg.
Plz report any suspicious act or movement to the nearest security body.
The attack took place around 6:05am local time as militants cut through the convoy of Mali-bound Nigerian army peacekeepers travelling in three luxury buses via Kaduna to Bamako, Mali, according to our reporters.
The militants decimated the convoy with the aid of IEDs planted on the highway and began firing on the troops afterwards.
The soldiers were under escort at the time and the military escorts alter returned fire, but the assailants who were parked on both sides of the highway escaped the scene after two soldiers had been killed and several others injured.
Nigerian Army spokesperson, Brig-General Bola Koleosho, confirmed to our reporters by phone that two soldiers were killed while the bomb explosion injured four others.
The wounded soldiers are receiving treatment at the Federal Medical Centre in Okene.
The attack is coming on the heels of a disclosure by the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, on Thursday that Mali-trained Boko Haram militants had arrived Nigeria in large numbers to carry out attacks on various targets in the country.
Also a JTF source told our reporters that Boko Haram elusive leader, Abubakar Shekau, is currently in Mali receiving weapon training after sustaining injuries during a shoot out in Maiduguri last year.
The source said Shekau now limps on one leg.
Plz report any suspicious act or movement to the nearest security body.
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