No fewer than seven operatives of the Nigerian Army have been confirmed d£ad after their vehicle h+t an expl%sive in Mugunu area of Maiduguri, Borno State.
The unfortunate incident occurred on Thursday morning, July 25, according to SaharaReporters.
The vehicle reportedly hit an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) suspected to have been planted by Boko Haram along the Gamboru Ngala-Maiduguri Road in Borno State.
The Army reportedly received a distress call during early on Thursday that Boko Haram t£rrorists were att@cking a neighbouring community and they quickly mobilised themselves to rescue the community.
In response to the Boko Haram siege, the commandant ordered the deployment of three vehicles carrying armed soldiers to the community. Tragically, one of the vehicles struck an electro-explosive device (EED) in the Mugunu area of Maiduguri, resulting in the loss of all but one of the soldiers on board.
A military source said: “They (referring to the deceased soldiers) were called that a neighbouring community is under att@ck by Boko Haram.
So their commandant said they should go. So they moved with the commandant around 5 am (on Thursday) in a convoy. The first and second vehicles passed, his own was the third, the EED device exploded and sc@ttered all of them in the vehicle. They were seven.
We are waiting for their official call because they said they would look for their parts and pack them to the morgue and attach their service number before they contact family members of the deceased soldiers.”
At the time of filing this report, information about the identities of the deceased remained limited. However, according to reliable sources, SaharaReporters has confirmed that one of the victims has been identified as Luke, a native of Cross River State.
