Another military source said the five soldiers manning the checkpoint were “outgunned” by the insurgents.
The army said late Wednesday its troops killed nine “Boko Haram terrorists” in an ambush, outside Mainok.
Mainok, which lies along the 120-kilometre highway linking Maiduguri and Damaturu, the capital of neighbouring Yobe state, is an ISWAP stronghold. ISWAP which split from Boko Haram in 2016, has intensified attacks against the military since the middle of 2018.
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