The spokesperson said the lieutenant died in the ambush while four other personnel, who sustained injuries in action, were receiving treatment.
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The Director of Defence Media Operations, Edward Buba, in a statement on Sunday, said the ambush happened along the Buratai-Buni Gari road in Borno. He, however, said the troops’ reinforcement pursued the terrorist to their hideout within the Timbuktu Triangle and killed six of them. “The remaining terrorist ran in disarray and the troops are in hunt of the remnant terrorist that fled the firefight,” the major general said.The ambushed soldiers were attached to the forward operational base in Buratai, under the Nigerian Army 27 Task Force Brigade in Buni Gari, Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe State, military sources briefed about the incident told PREMIUM TIMES.
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