Nigeria, Nov. 15 -- The Nigerian Army has confirmed that four security personnel-two soldiers and two members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF)-were killed in an ambush by terrorists around Wajiroko in Azir Multe, Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State.

In a social media statement issued on Saturday, army spokesperson Appolonia Anele, a lieutenant colonel, said the troops of the 25 Task Force Brigade, led by the brigade commander, M Uba, came under "sudden and heavy insurgents fire" while returning from a routine patrol around the fringes of the Sambisa Forest.

PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported the attack on the troops, citing a HumAngle report which said soldiers and CJTF operatives were killed by fighters of the Islamic State ...