Militants from the Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), formerly known as Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād, have released pictures of 15 soldiers killed by the group during an ambush on Nigerian soldiers in Monguno, Borno state.
This is contrary to a statement by the Nigerian army that four soldiers died in the attack.
The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima had on Monday said the encounters, which took place on the Tumbus of Lake Chad’s fringes, led to the destruction of the terrorists’ gun trucks and recovery of a large cache of arms and ammunition.
He introduced that the combined troops of Sector 2 superior and cleared Daban Massara and Ali Sherifti villages among different settlements earlier than they harboured for replenishment and retrofitting alongside the axis.
“In the route of the recent pursuit which became aided by air cowl supplied with the aid of the Air Task Team of Operation Lafia Dole, numerous terrorists have been neutralised and their gun trucks destroyed.
“Unfortunately, but, one officer and 3 gallant infantrymen paid the excellent sacrifices at the same time as those wounded in action are currently receiving clinical interest at 7 Division Medical Services and Hospital in Maimalari Cantonment.
“Above is an on-the-spot account of the come across among Nigerian troops and the Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists in Mugono place and environs,” he had stated.
But ISWAP in a assertion claimed 33 soldiers have been killed through the institution throughout the attack.
Attached to the assertion have been pics displaying approximately 15 bodies of lifeless squaddies.
The group additionally launched pix displaying an kidnapped soldier and motors captured from the Nigerian army and Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF).
Boko Haram and its offshoot, Islamic State West Africa Province, have killed heaps and displaced hundreds of thousands in northeastern Nigeria.
The Nigerian army has time and again claimed that the insurgency has been largely defeated and regularly underplays any losses.
In the beyond months, infantrymen have been centered by the insurgents.
Hundreds of squaddies and officers were reportedly killed in view that January 2021.
At least 33 soldiers had been lately killed when two explosive-weighted down motors rammed right into a navy convoy in Wulgo.
The suicide bombers had been recognized as Abu Bakr al-Siddiq and Bana Jundullah. The institution also claimed four army cars had been destroyed.
In February, about 20 soldiers have been additionally killed in Malari, Borno State by the insurgents.
SaharaReporters gathered that the squaddies were on patrol to clear some Boko Haram elements in the vicinity following a reputable intelligence once they were ambushed by means of the organization.
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