No fewer than
five soldiers were killed and 40 injured when a Boko Haram jihadist rammed an
explosives-laden truck into a military convoy in northeast, security sources
told AFP.
The bomber,
believed to be loyal to factional leader Abu Al-Barnawi, targeted the convoy,
which was conducting “clearance operations” between Yobe and Borno states.
“At about 1100
hours (1000 GMT) on Thursday, a suicide bomber believed to be a Boko Haram
terrorist riding in a van loaded with explosives rammed into a military convoy
at Manguzum village,” one said.
“We lost five
soldiers in the incident and more than 40 sustained various degrees of
injuries,” one officer said, asking to be anonymous as he was not authorised to
speak about the incident.
The convoy was
heading to the garrison town of Damboa, which is some 90 kilometres (55 miles)
from the Borno state capital, Maiduguri, at the time.
A second
military source said the troops were heading into Borno when the jihadist
crashed his vehicle into a tank.
“The armoured
tank was seriously damaged and the operation slowed down,” he added.
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