Nigerian Army has lost a Major and three soldiers on Wednesday evening in a deadly ambush by terrorists at Igu village along Sarkin Pawa-Kaduna road in Munya Local Government area of Niger State.
The gunmen believed to be terrorists also killed four local vigilantes who were in a joint patrol with the soldiers around the area.
Earlier before the soldiers were killed, they had successfully repelled attacks and neutralised scores of terrorists during which one soldier and two local vigilantes were killed.
While returning to the field operations, to recover dead bodies of missing colleagues, the soldiers unknowingly ran into the ambush by the gunmen at Igu village, about 10 kilometers from Sarkin Pawa, headquarters of Munya local government of Niger State.
Reports said terrorists who were in their numbers were unknowingly hybernating around areas of gun encounter trying to recover their members’ dead bodies for burial and they suddenly opened fire upon sighting soldiers coming back.
