Boko Haram contenders trapped a military and kill three

No less than three warriors were killed when Boko Haram contenders trapped a military guard in Borno State, security and non military personnel sources told AFP on Thursday.

The assault, which occurred on Wednesday close to the town of Damboa, on the edge of Boko Haram's Sambisa Forest enclave in Borno state, is the second against the military inside seven days.

Last Friday, one officer was killed and nine others were injured as the jihadists overran an army installation in the town of Marte, close to the shores of Lake Chad.

They at that point fled with arms and ammo.

A senior military officer said the assault, which happened right off the bat Wednesday, directed a caravan going amongst Damboa and state capital Maiduguri.

"We lost three fighters in the snare by Boko Haram fear based oppressors.

"The fear mongers in huge number opened fire on the guard of the boss of 81 Battalion… Five different troops were harmed in the extraordinary fight that broke out when warriors connected with the aggressors."

The officer, who talked on state of namelessness as he was not approved to converse with the media, said the entry of fortifications constrained the revolutionaries to withdraw.

A business transport driver who was gotten in the snare gave a comparative record.

"I was one of those trailing behind the military guard when Boko Haram opened fire and warriors reacted with flame," said Sani Mato by phone from Maiduguri.

"The warriors could repulse the assault however lost three men. Five were likewise harmed."

Streets to and from Maiduguri are ostensibly open to movement yet as a general rule, vehicles require a military escort due to the danger of assault.

Nigeria's military and government keep up that Boko Haram is a spent power because of supported counter-uprising operations against them since mid 2015.

Dangerous assaults have dropped as of late, which security sources ascribe to reestablished military offensives after the finish of the stormy season in September.

In any case, suicide bombings remain a danger, especially to regular citizens at "delicate" targets, for example, mosques, markets and camps for those uprooted by the contention.

On October 12, five individuals were slaughtered in a suicide assault in the remote town of Belbelu, close Kayamla, in the Konduga territory of Borno state.