Nigerian soldiers withdraw from border town after Boko Haram attack

Nigerian Army troops stationed at a border town in Borno State have withdrawn from their location after a Boko Haram attack on Monday evening, the army spokesman said in a statement.

Monday’s attack on Gashigar, on the border with Niger left thirteen soldiers wounded and an unknown number missing.

Army spokesman Col. Sani Usman said the attack was a “temporary setback” carried out by “remnants of Boko Haram” that forced the soldiers to ‘withdraw from the location’.
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Usman said an operation was in progress to find the missing troops and “clear the Boko Haram terrorists at the general area.”