IED

IED event in Borno, Banki area, Nigeria on Sat 18th March 2023

18th March 2023

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Improvised explosive devices and ambushes continue to pose a major threat to soldiers fighting Boko Haram and ISWAP in Northern Nigeria. An exclusive report by SaharaReporters has revealed that three young personnel of the 152 Task Force Battalion, Banki town in Borno State have been killed. The soldiers were confirmed dead after running into an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by the Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), formerly known as Jama’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihad.

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Borno ( Banki area )

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