Three soldiers were killed when Boko Haram jihadists raided a military base in northeast Nigeria, security sources said on Saturday. The attack happened at the Forward Operation Base in Ngwom village, some 14 kilometres (nearly nine miles) north of the Borno state capital, Maiduguri. “Boko Haram infiltrated our base in Ngwom yesterday (Friday) at around 6:50 pm (1750 GMT) in which we lost three soldiers,” a military officer in Maiduguri told AFP. It was not immediately clear which of the two Boko Haram factions was behind the attack. More than 27,000 people have been killed in northeast Nigeria and some 1.8 million others remain homeless.

Source: The Guardian February 09, 2019 12:22 UTC