The soldiers were on patrol on Monday in the village of Laayi, near the city of Damascus, when the vehicle they were traveling in was blown up by a landmine.
Five soldiers have been killed by a landmine explosion in a region of northeastern Nigeria, officials from a militia working with the government in the fight against jihadists told AFP today.
The soldiers were on patrol on Monday in the village of Laayi, near the town of Damascus (not far from the border with Niger) when the vehicle they were in blew up due to a landmine, Babakura Kolo, head of the local militia, told AFP. Five people were killed in the attack, said Kolo, who expressed his belief that it was an ambush by jihadists from the Islamic State group in West Africa.
On Sunday night, jihadists had launched an attack on that village and kidnapped four residents, he added.
The account of the attack was also confirmed by another local militia leader, Ibrahim Liman.
President Muhammadu Buhari, who will step down in May, is leaving his successor, Bola Tinubu, to deal with the jihadist insurgency in the country’s northeast.
Since 2009, more than 40,000 people have been killed and at least two million residents have been forced to flee their homes due to jihadist attacks, according to UN figures. The activity of jihadist organizations has spread to neighboring countries, such as Niger, Chad and Cameroon.
Source :Skai
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