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Colonel, 5 other soldiers killed in Boko Haram attack

An Army colonel, a captain and his four escorts, as well as driver, have been killed by rampaging Boko Haram insurgents between Mainok and Jakana along Damaturu/Maiduguri highway.  

According to a report by TheNation, the Colonel and his convoy ran into some fleeing insurgents after a heavy gunfire exchange with soldiers at Jakana in an attack that lasted for hours. A military source who spoke on condition of anonymity, denied insinuations that it was an ambush.

He said: “The Colonel with his escort was just unlucky to run into the insurgents on his way from Maiduguri to Damaturu without knowledge of the ongoing attack on the highway”.

The source also confirmed that the Colonel is from 29 Task Force Brigade of Sector II of Operation Lafiya Dole.  The source also informed the insurgents were dealt a heavy blow as one of their gun trucks was burnt and several of them killed.  Another source informed that two civilians were killed in the Jakana attack from stray bullets.

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He revealed that the insurgents did not attack civilian population.  Meanwhile travelers have continued to experience hardship along Maiduguri/Damaturu highway as soldiers mostly closed the use of the high way at any time they want.  

Spokesman of the Nigeria Army Sector II, Lt. Njoka Irabor said: “The information available to me is still sketchy. I honestly don’t have any details now but I will get back to you as soon as possible”.

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