Four Soldiers Injured, 33 Insurgents, 37 Aid Workers Die In Gun Duel

At least, 33 Boko Haram militants were killed by Nigerian troops in a gunfight late Sunday, according to military sources, yesterday.
Multinational troops fighting Boko Haram along the Lake Chad fringes also joined in the gunfight, said the sources who asked to be anonymous.
The multinational force comprises troops from Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, Niger, and Benin.
The gunfight lasted for about three hours, along the Gamboru-Dikwa road in Borno State.
One source said Boko Haram militants had laid ambush for a convoy of military vehicles.
“Many Boko Haram fighters fled with bullet wounds. It was a tough battle,” said the source.
One other military source confirmed four soldiers, however, sustained injuries during the gunfight.
Two gun trucks used by the militants were recovered after the gunfight, the source said.
Also, in the North-East region, 37 aid workers were confirmed killed following the decade-long activities of terror group Boko Haram in Nigeria.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) gave the figure, and called for the protection of people engaged in humanitarian services in the country.
Since 2018, attacks on humanitarian workers in North-East, the stronghold of Boko Haram, had become even worse, the UN agency said in a statement signed by the Head of UNOCHA in Nigeria, Peter Ekayu, in Abuja, yesterday.