Terrorists have attacked a military base in Kaiama Local Government of Kwara State, killing at least three soldiers and injuring four others, including a local vigilante, and carted away eight operational motorcycles and a gun truck.
Penpushing reports that intelligence sources disclosed that the terrorists suspected to be of Ansaru, the first breakaway faction of Boko Haram, launched the attack around 3 a.m. in Kemanji, one of the villages surrounding the section of Kainji National Park where Ansaru terrorists use as hideouts.
“The terrorists came directly to the military camp and opened fire on soldiers. They killed three soldiers and injured four (three soldiers and a local vigilante)’, a forest guard who fights alongside military operatives said
Penpushing further reports that another source, a vigilante member in the village, stated that soldiers killed many of the terrorists during the attack, while sources attributed the attack to Ansaru fighters, who had previously engaged security forces in the village in fierce gun battles.
Meanwhile, military authorities and the police in Kwara State as at the time of filing this report have not issued official statements about the incident, however, sources added that other terrorist groups operate in the area,
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