Twenty-two soldiers including a commander have been killed in an attack at the military base in Malam-Fatori at Abadam Local Government Area of Borno State.
Malam-Fatori is a border town, two kilometres from the Nigerien border community, Bosso.
Sources reported that the attackers, who stormed the Malam-Fatori military base, wreaked havoc for several hours on Friday, 24 January 2025, before dislodging the 149 Battalion. Survivors of the deadly attack reportedly fled to safety.
Intelligence sources confirmed that the insurgents arrived at the base in multiple gun trucks, razing several buildings and military operational vehicles during the assault.
“The commanding officer of the battalion a lieutenant Colonel, two senior officers, including the base medical director, were among those killed in the attack.”
149 Taskforce Brigade Malam-Fatori is located two kilometres from the Nigerien border town of Bosso in Lake Chad where the insurgents are currently hibernating.
The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) split from the mainstream Boko Haram in 2016 to become the dominant militant faction in the northeast.
They seized territory hitherto under Boko Haram control, including the Timbuktu Triangle and Sambisa forest, a game reserve turned jihadist stronghold.
The group is notorious for planting roadside mines and rigging vehicles with explosives to target troops.
Last July, seven troops were killed when their vehicle hit a landmine in a village where ISWAP is active.
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