Five soldiers killed, dozens missing as Boko Haram overruns Nigerian military base
The attack on April 26 occurred at a forward operating base in Mararrabar Kimba, an agrarian community roughly 130 kilometres from Maiduguri, the state capital. The base was manned by the Nigerian Army 254 Task Force Battalion under the 25 Task Force Brigade, a crucial outpost in the ‘Operation Lafiya Dole’.
It was also unclear whether some of the troops had returned to base, but a search and rescue team had been activated, sources also said.
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