EKO HOT BLOG reports that no fewer than seven security personnel have been abducted by the Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP) terrorist group in the early hours of Saturday in North Eastern Gubio Local Government Area of Borno State, northeast Nigeria.
It was gathered that the security men comprising one policeman, four members of the Civilian Joint Task Force(CJTF) and 3 hunters, were abducted after they were overpowered by the terrorists who stormed their location in large number.
Police sources told Zagazola Makama, a Counter Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in the Lake Chad that the security men were attacked at the Rural Urban Migration Site(RUGA), at Pompom Baliya village located about 5 kilometers to Gubio.
The terrorists carted away one Hilux patrol vehicle and weapons and afterwards moved toward the Gadai village in Nganzai Local Government area.
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