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24 hours After North East Governors Met In Damaturu To Discuss Security, Boko Haram Over Run Army Brigade, Kill Soldiers

<h4>24 hours After North East Governors Met In Damaturu<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<h4><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that Boko Haram fighters attacked the Nigerian Army’s 27 Task Force Brigade in Buni Yadi&comma; Yobe State&comma; early Saturday&comma; killing four soldiers and destroying military equipment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A security source who survived said the gunmen struck around 2 a&period;m&period;&comma; catching troops off guard with heavy gunfire and explosions&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We lost four men and some of our equipment&period; It was a tough battle&comma;” he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Army confirmed the attack on its official Facebook page&comma; noting that troops of Operation Hadin Kai were engaging the insurgents in Buni Gari&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Buni Yadi&comma; about 65km from Damaturu and hometown of <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">Governor Mai Mala Buni<&sol;a>&comma; has seen repeated attacks&period; Residents fled their homes as troops shut down the highway linking Yobe to parts of Borno&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Just two weeks ago&comma; three soldiers were killed in a similar attack in the same area&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The assault came less than 24 hours after North East governors met in Damaturu to discuss security challenges in the region&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;26207" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-26207" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-26207" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;08&sol;Bola-Tinubu-2-300x250&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Betta Edu Further Desecrates Image With Easter Message" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"250" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-26207" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>President Tinubu<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p><em>Source&colon; Contents outside headline&comma; Daily Trust<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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