*several terrorists feared dead
By; ABUBAKAR SADIQ, Maiduguri
Members of Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) have on Monday morning, ambushed a convoy of military troops and Civilian Joint Tasks Force, CJTF members killing the Chairman of CJTF, Alhaji Bukar Mandama and other vigilante in Gubio Local Government Area of Borno state.
Another member of the CJTF who sustained gunshot injury was evacuated from the scene and now receiving treatment at the State Specialist Hospital, Maiduguri.
Similarly, it was also gathered that some security personnel were also most likely affected in the ambush with minor injuries, while five others were said to have been killed in the convoy.
However, it was gathered that some residents of Gubio town on Sunday, sighted a Boko Haram convoy of two vehicles and motorcycles heading towards the Rural Grazing Area (RUGA) under construction at the outskirts of the town to cause havoc on Sunday morning, a situation that the military authorities in Gubio mobilized and deployed troops with some men of the CJTF to provide adequate security to the facility, but they didn’t sight any of the terrorists.
The troops also decided to take cover and spend Sunday night at the facility.
Unfortunately, while on their way back to town on Monday Morning, unknown to them, the terrorists had also laid ambush again and opened fire on the troops convoy, leading to heavy casualties on the side of the security convoy, even as sources said, scores of the terrorists were also neutralized in the exchange of gunfire fiesta.
Confirming the incident, the Executive Chairman of Gubio Local Government Council, Alhaji Bukar Sulum Zowo said, “we woke up with a sad news this morning as Boko Haram killed our CJTF Chairman, Alhaji Mandama and another member in a road ambush.”
Zowo who revealed this to Journalists’ in Maiduguri on Monday at the State Specialists Hospital, Maiduguri while offering assistance to the victims to cushion their medical Bill’s at the Accident and Emergency Unit of the hospital, prayed God to grant eternal rest for the souls of the deceased and wished those who sustained gunshot injuries quickest recovery.
It would be recalled that in March 2022, a set of terrorists invaded Gubio town and abducted the Principal Medical Officer of Gubio General Hospital, Dr Bulama, who is still in captivity.
