The terrorists from the Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP) have reportedly abducted five travellers along the Damaturu - Maiduguri Road on Tuesday.

PRNigeria gathered that the incident occurred at about 3 pm at Tamsukau in Kaga LGA, which was about 7km away from Ngamdu, a Super Camp of the Nigerian Military.

The insurgents who dressed in military uniforms, set up a checkpoint which the commuters mistook to be soldiers.

A credible source told PRNigeria that the terrorists took away three passengers vehicles but later released the vehicles and some passengers, keeping five passengers with them.

The source said: "The attack was suspected to be carried out by Abou Aseyia who was recently appointed as the Ameerul Fiya (Chief of Militant forces), in charge of Sambisa forest."

The terrorists' Commander who rode on 13 gun trucks, two MRAP and one Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC), had conducted many failed attacks in Ngamdu, Katarko in Yobe state and Damboa Local Government where several ISWAP fighters were killed by troops of Operations Hadin Kai.

Meanwhile, at least three ISWAP terrorists were eliminated in their attempt to attack Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State.

Several insurgents on pickup trucks opened fire on a military checkpoint on the Molai in Kaga Local government area, the outskirts of Maiduguri, at around 12 pm Tuesday, triggering a gunfight that lasted for more than an hour.

An Intelligence source told PRNigeria that "At about 1156pm on 2 Nov 21. Soldiers of Tango 7 73Bn(M) deployed at DALAYAZARA were attacked by an unconfirmed number of Boko Haram ISWAP insurgents.

"Reinforcement teams from Headquarters 73BN(M) and Forward Operating Base (FOB) Molai led by the Commanding Officer and Commander respectively dashed swiftly to the scene of the attack.

"The attack was successfully repelled by own troops in conjunction with local hunters residing at the village.

Two terrorists were gun down instantly while one other who had escaped with bullet wounds was discovered dead during exploitation of the general area on Wednesday morning."

The military operative said that no casualty was recorded on the side of the troops

PRNigeria learnt that sequel to exploitation carried out along the insurgents' withdrawal route in the early hours of today (Wednesday, November 3 2021,) the troops m discovered and recovered the three corpses of the ISWAP Insurgents, one Pump action rifle, 2 AK 47 rifles 1 x Empty magazine, 2 x 36 Hand grenades, I x Camel bag and some other personal items belongings to the terrorists. (PRNigeria)

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