Jihadists killed an army general and several troops in an attack on a military base in northeast Nigeria, local government and intelligence sources told AFP Thursday.
Brigadier General Oseni Omoh Braimah was the second top officer to be killed in five months as violence surges across the country’s mostly Muslim north. Four sources, including the military confirmed the overnight attack on the base at Benisheikh, about 75 kilometres from Borno state capital Maiduguri. One intelligence source put the death toll at 18. Unidentified jihadists overran the base and torched vehicles in Benisheikh, the source told AFP.
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Source: Africa News
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