BOKO HARAM KILLS SOLDIER, 3 OTHERS IN BORNO AMBUSH

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Four persons including a soldier have been killed in an ambush by Boko Haram terrorists along Gwoza Limankara Road, 134 kilometres from Maiduguri.

They were killed in a convoy comprising civilian JTF and the military escorting passengers along the route.

Several other motorists were also abducted by the Boko Haram insurgents while setting ablaze a military patrol van and five other vehicles.

A local source told Channels Television that the incident took place around 5 p.m. on Saturday but failed network delayed communications till Sunday afternoon.

Motorists Still Missing
ā€œI can inform you that about three civilians and a soldier were killed in a Boko Haram ambush along the Gwoza-Limankara-Uvaha Road.

ā€œThe deceased soldier was among the security agencies escorting motorists and passengers on that route.

ā€œAbout five commercial vehicles and a patrol van belonging to the military were also set ablaze, several other motorists are still missing in the bush as of Sunday afternoon.ā€

But military authorities are yet to comment on the matter as of the time of this report.

The attack is the latest in Boko Haram assaults in Nigeriaā€™s North-East region.

At least 40,000 people have been killed and more than two million others displaced since the hardline Islamist group launched a rebellion in 2009.

The insurgency has spread into neighbouring Chad, Niger, and Cameroon, prompting a regional military force to be set up to fight the militants.

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