Bomb Kills Eight Nigerian Soldiers Escorting Military Supplies In Borno
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About eight Nigerian soldiers have been killed after their convoy ran into an Improvised Explosive Device planted by militants from the Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), formerly known as Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād in Borno State. It was learnt that the troops attached to the 24 Task Force Brigade, Dikwa were returning to base from Maiduguri on Thursday when the incident occurred. According to a military source, the personnel were escorting foodstuffs and other logistics to their base in Dikwa town when the attack happened. "Yesterday, Thursday, the leading vehicle, a gun truck ran into an IED on their way back to Dikwa from Maiduguri. All the soldiers in that vehicle died on the spot. About eight of them," the source said. The names and ranks of the deceased had not been confirmed as of the time of filing this report.