LIEUTENANT,6 OTHERS KILLED IN FRESH BOKO HARAM ATTACK
Lieutenant, 6 others killed in fresh Boko Haram attack 24th Feb 2017, A lieutenant has been reportedly killed in a fresh attack by Boko Haram terrorists in Gajiram, a town 80 kilometers away from Maiduguri, Borno state capital. Punch reports that the lieutenant was killed alongside six other soldiers during an attack on a military formation in the area. A civilian vigilante Babakura Kolo said a gun battle between the military and the terrorists lasted for about two hours killing three soldiers. Kolo said after the attack, on Friday, February 24, the death toll of soldiers killed rose to seven. “Yesterday, three bodies of soldiers were found but four more bodies were found during a search,” Kolo said. Meanwhile a security source said three terrorists were also killed in the attack while troops of the Nigerian military are carrying out a cordon and search operation to fish out some of the insurgents around the area. Kolo also said that the attack was possibly carried out by