Four soldiers have reportedly died during a bloody confrontation with dreaded Boko Haram terrorists.
Nigerian soldiers (File photo)
Nigerian Army spokesman Brigadier General Sani Usman on Tuesday confirmed that about four soldiers lost their lives after they were attacked by Boko Haram terrorists in the northeast, according to a report by AFP.
Usman further added that nine others soldiers were wounded in a suicide car bomb attack against a military vehicle near Shekau’s camp on Monday.
Separate senior military and civilian militia sources spoken to by AFP gave a higher death toll of 10.
Two Cameroon security sources meanwhile said two of its troops had been killed in the Sambisa Forest, although it was not clear if they were among those mentioned by Usman.
Soldiers from Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria are targeting Abubakar Shekau in the Sambisa Forest, and Mamman Nur, on and around Lake Chad, both in Borno state, northeast Nigeria.
Boko Haram has been fighting to establish a hardline Islamic state in northeast Nigeria since 2009. The violence has killed at least 20,000 and displaced more than 2.6 million.