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Boko Haram kills 6 policemen in Dapchi attack - Edoman - 03-05-2020 Boko Haram kills 6 policemen in Dapchi attack ![]() 6 policemen and two others have been confirmed dead following an attack launched by Boko Haram insurgents in Dapchi, a village in Yobe State on Wednesday March 4. Mohammed Goje, the Executive Secretary of Yobe State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) told newsmen on Thursday March 5 that the security agents killed in the attack were Mobile police officers while the identities of two others are yet to be ascertained. Goje who travelled in a small convoy with Goni Bukar, the commissioner for sports and youth development, said he is in Dapchi with his team to evacuate the corpses of those killed in the attack. He said; Quote:“We have just returned from Dapchi as you can see. We have evacuated eight dead bodies. Six of them could be easily identified as police personnel because they are wearing police uniform. Most of them are MOPOL. He further revealed that the corpses were deposited at the General Sani Abacha Specialist Hospital mortuary. The Yobe SEMA boss who told newsmen that the insurgents made away with one military vehicle and burnt one of the cars belonging to Mr Bukar, revealed that the military base and a section of the police station in the village were also burnt in the attack. RE: Boko Haram kills 6 policemen in Dapchi attack - Edoman - 03-06-2020 Army confirms 3 soldiers were killed by Boko Haram insurgents in Damboa attack ![]() The Nigerian Army has confirmed that 3 soldiers died in the attack launched by Boko Haram insurgents on troops of 25 Task Force Brigade (Army Super Camp 2) in Damboa, Borno State, on Wednesday March 4. Nigerian Army Operations Media Coordinator, Colonel Aminu Iliyasu confirmed the casaulties they suffered in the attack in a statement he released but also revealed that 19 insurgents were killed. Iliyasu said the troops recovered five AK-47 rifles, one General Purpose Machine gun and one rocket-propelled gun tube from the terrorists who escaped with various degrees of gunshot wounds. The statement read in parts; Quote: “A misguided attempt by some criminal Boko Haram elements to attack the troops of 25 Task Force Brigade at Army Super Camp 2 in Damboa met a crushing defeat in the hands of the troops. The criminals mounted on gun trucks and with a number of their foot soldiers attempted to infiltrate the troops’ location from three different fronts in the early hours of Wednesday. ![]() by |