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No fewer than 5 individuals together with troopers and a village head have been reportedly killed when Boko Haram ambushed a navy convoy in Marte Native Authorities Space of Borno State.
It was gathered that the ambush occurred close to New Marte on Monday night time, with an unspecified variety of folks wounded within the assault.
In line with a safety supply who spoke with The Bureau Newspaper, the general chairman of a civilian taskforce in Marte was among the many victims.
5 folks, together with Mai musinema (the village head), Mai Babashehu Mai Musinema, two troopers, the general chairman of CJTF in Marte LGA, and two others misplaced their lives to the incident,” the supply mentioned.
Those that have been critically injured have been mentioned to have been taken to Maiduguri for medical therapy whereas others with minor accidents have been in New Marte.
“They began fixing some parts of the unhealthy highway between New Marte and Dikwa two days in the past to allow easy drive, as a result of the world is understood for assaults on motorists. They have been going again yesterday (Monday) once they got here below a heavy assault by insurgents and 5 individuals have been killed, whereas others sustained various levels of damage,” a prime CJTF supply mentioned.
“We misplaced two chairmen together with the general chairman in Marte LGA and the chairman who coordinated the New Marte,” he added.
The supply said that the deceased had been buried in line with the Islamic ceremony in New Marte.
This comes barely three months after a Superintendent of Police and Divisional Police Officer (DPO) was killed in Marte.
