A heavily armed military convoy of the 7th Division of the Nigerian Army pass through a checkpoint at Chibok in Borno State northeast Nigeria on March 25, 2016. – On April 14, 2014, Boko Haram militants kidnapped 276 schoolgirls from their dormitories at the Government Girls Secondary School Chibok, drawing global attention to the Islamist insurgency in northeast Nigeria. (Photo by STEFAN HEUNIS / AFP)
•Army officer, soldier feared dead
From Timothy Olanrewaju, Maiduguri
Military troops with Civilian Joint Task Force (JTF), local hunters and vigilance groups have killed six Boko Haram members and seized some arms in a counter-offensive following a fresh attack by the terrorists on a town in Borno early Wednesday.
Daily Sun gathered that terrorists invaded Izge, Borno’s volatile Town in Gwoza Local Government at about 1am yesterday.
The attackers were said to be targeting a military location in the town as they shot several times to scare the soldiers away.
An Army Captain and a soldier reportedly died in the incident. However, there was no official confirmation from the military as at the time of filing the report.
A combined team of military troops, CJTF, local hunters and vigilantes launched counter-offensive against the terrorists,killing about six Boko Haram insurgents. They also seized some weapons and vehicles used by the terrorists.
Izge, a town located in the southeastern part of Borno has suffered over five attacks by Boko Haram terrorists since 2015.