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withdrawn from their location after a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’. Usman said an operation was in progress
to find the missing troops and “clear the
Boko Haram terrorists at the general
area.”

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