By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent
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Bandits have killed seven soldiers from the 177 guards battalion Shitu Alao barracks, Keffi, Nasarawa State in an ambush.
The soldiers were gruesomely murdered by the bandits during a rescue operation in a forest along Mararaba Udege road in Nasarawa Local Government Area of the state.
AIT reports that the slain soldiers were part of the team of 13 soldiers led into the forest by Felix Kura, a captain.
The names of some of the soldiers that lost their lives are Felix Kura, Yakubu Bati, who is a sergeant, Kefas Iliya, a lance corporal, and four others whose identities are yet to be known.
ait. live learned that families of the slain soldiers have been informed and signals have been sent to the headquarters.
The spokesman of the Nigerian army, Sagir Musa, a brigadier general, told the press that he was not aware of the development and had no information regarding the slain soldiers.
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