CJTF Commander Killed In Boko Haram Ambush In Borno

The Commander of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno, Yusuf Baba Idris was killed when Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) militants attacked a military convoy.

15 Nigerian soldiers and three other CJTF members were killed while 10 sustained injuries in the attack which occurred near Gudumbali in the Lake Chad region on Thursday, security sources said on Saturday, March 13.

“We lost 15 soldiers and four civilian JTF (militia) in the terrorists’ ambush in the forest near Gudumbali,” a military officer, who requested to remain anonymous, told AFP.

ISWAP claimed responsibility for the attack on Saturday, according the SITE jihadist monitoring agency.

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