Again, 80 insurgents, 2 soldiers killed in Borno.

At least 80 Boko Haram insurgents and two soldiers lost
their lives when suspected members of the sect laid
ambush along the troubled Maiduguri- Damboa road.
The clash according to reliable sources occurred at the
weekend when some military personnel attached to 7
Division, Nigerian Army were on their way to Damboa, the
headquarters of Damboa Local Government area of Borno
State.
This attack is coming barely 48 hours when some troops
succeeded in killing 75 insurgents in a failed attempt to
attack engineers and electricians who were repairing the
vandalized transmission lines in a remote village of Komala
along the 185km Maiduguri- Damboa- Biu road.
The whole of Maiduguri and its environs had remained in a
total blackout following the vandalized power lines and this
was the third attempt by security forces and the staff of
PHCN to restore power to the city of Maiduguri but to no
avail.
The source said, “military personnel were on their way to
Damboa to provide security to the staff of Transmission
Company of Nigeria (TCN) who were in Damboa to repair
some destroyed electric cables along Maiduguri-Damboa
road but they were ambushed by insurgents leaving two
soldiers and over 80 terrorists dead over the weekend.
A security source who seeked anonimity told our
correspondent that “as the troops were moving towards
Damboa, one Boko Haram terrorist suddenly appeared on
the road with a female by his side both with AK47 rifles.
“As the troops approaches, the insurgents shot a Rocket
propelled Grenade (RPG) on one of the troops vehicles
killing two soldiers.”


Vanguard.