2 Police Men Die, 5 Injured in Boko Haram-terrorists Ambush
By Sani Gazas, Chinade Maiduguri
HOTPEN – No fewer than two police personnel were on Sunday killed, while five others sustained various degrees of injuries after suspected Boko Haram/Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP) terrorists ambushed their patrol vehicle along Maiduguri-Damaturu highway.
HotPen gathered from top Police sources that the terrorists attacked the police men at Goni Matari village between Minok and Jakana in the Kaga local government area of Borno State.
According to information further obtained from the sources by Zagazola Makama, a Counter Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in the LakeChad, which was made available to our correspondent, the five other policemen were wounded in the ambush.
“In the early hours of today (Sunday), at about 0800hours, our policemen came under ambush by Boko Haram terrorists who parked their vehicles and sneaked through the parapet around Goni Matari village which was their usual crossing point.
“They also burnt two vehicles of the policemen and then ran away on sighting a reinforcement team headed by the Commander of the 29 Task Force Battalion as well as the Police Crack Squad.
“The bodies of the two slain policemen were recovered by the team of the personnel deployed from the Borno State Police Command,” the source said.