A general station reporter learned on the 6th local time that, according to sources close to the Nigerian military, on the evening of January 4 local time, a Nigerian military unit was attacked by an improvised explosive device on the road from Maiduguri to Gubbio, the capital of Borno State, resulting in the death of nine soldiers. For a long time, the extremist group “Boko Haram” and “Islamic State West Africa Province” active in northeastern Nigeria have used improvised explosive devices several times to launch attacks on major local traffic routes and military patrol routes. Currently, the Nigerian military has not issued an official notification on this incident.

A general station reporter learned on the 6th local time that, according to sources close to the Nigerian military, on the evening of January 4 local time, a Nigerian military unit was attacked by an improvised explosive device on the road from Maiduguri to Gubbio, the capital of Borno State, resulting in the death of nine soldiers. For a long time, the extremist group “Boko Haram” and “Islamic State West Africa Province” active in northeastern Nigeria have used improvised explosive devices several times to launch attacks on major local traffic routes and military patrol routes. Currently, the Nigerian military has not issued an official notification on this incident.