Unconfirmed report says at least 40 Nigerian soldiers were killed and 65 others are missing in an attack carried out by suspected members of the extremist group, Boko Haram in Borno state.
The casualty figure can be said to be one of the heaviest on a single attack since the declaration of the state of emergency by the president five months ago in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states.
The incident occurred along the Baga, Maiduguri road on Friday, September 13, in what can be described as a classic case of operational and communication failure.
A detachment of soldiers under the 134 Battalion of the 12 Brigade under the Multinational Joint Task Force (MJTF) stationed in Kangarwa village in Kukawa local government, had conducted a reconnaissance to gather intelligence around the area, during which they established the presence of previously unnoticed Boko Haram camps.
Due to lack of communication, the troop ran into the terrorists without knowing that the aerial bombardment had been cancelled and they were caught unawares.
The soldiers were trapped in the ambush under heavy fire from the militants who had surrounded the area, leaving at least 40 soldiers dead and 65 others have remained missing.
The insurgents confiscated a huge cache of weapons from the soldiers after the attack.
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