Two soldiers were reportedly killed while three others sustained injuries when troops came under a terrorist ambush in Isa Local Government Area of Sokoto State.
The incident was said to have occurred around 10 pm on Tuesday, June 30, after troops of the Nigerian Army’s 8 Division, deployed at the Forward Operating Base in Tidibale, responded to a terrorist attack on Tagirke village.
Counter-insurgency publication, Zagazola Makama, citing security sources, said the troops engaged the terrorists in a gun battle and forced them to retreat from the village. The publication said the soldiers ran into a planned ambush by the fleeing terrorists while withdrawing from the area......>>>
