No fewer than Four soldiers and two policemen have been abducted by Boko Haram insurgents along Damaturu-Maiduguri road following an intensified attacks in the past week by the insurgents in the region.
According to TheCable, the insurgents attacked the security officers in an ambush near Auno village on Damaturu-Maiduguri road.
TheCable reports that the insurgents who dressed in military uniforms were said to have barricaded a section of the highway with three Hilux vans before taking away the hostages who were returning from a short break.
“Four military men were abducted in an 18 seater bus while two other policemen were abducted in a Gulf car,” A military source was quoted to have said
Many people were stranded on Sunday when the insurgents launched attacks on communities along Damaturu-Maiduguri road.
A driver attached to Olusegun Adeniyi, commander of operation Lafiya Dole, was feared dead when the insurgents opened fire on the commander’s convoy on Monday.
Adeniyi, a major-general, was on his way back to Maiduguri after a visit to Jakana, one of the communities along the Damaturu-Maiduguri road, where the insurgents struck on Saturday