Boko Haram elements early Monday launched an assault against a Nigerian army formation, killing two and making others to flee into Cameroon.
SaharaReporters, quoted military sources as saying that insurgents launched the attack in the targeting the army battalion base in the Rann area of Kala Balge Local Government Area, Borno State.
The fighters reportedly set armoured tanks ablaze before carting away an unspecified quantity of ammunition.
“There was another Boko Haram dislodgement on our base in Borno. The CIO Battalion in Rann, Kala Balge, was attacked by them. They killed two of our soldiers and injured many others,” a source said.
“Some who managed to escape left their duty post and fled with their arms into our neighbouring country, Cameroon.”
The latest attack comes just months after 22 soldiers, including a commander, were killed during an attack on a military base in Malam-Fatori, Abadam Local Government Area of Borno State.
Nigeria has been battling the Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East since 2009, with Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe states bearing the brunt of the violence.
Nigeria army officers fighting Boko Haram in Borno.