At least nine soldiers have been killed by suspected Boko Haram fighters in a border village of Izhe in Adamawa State, local officials have said.
The council chairman of Madagali local government area, Maina Ularamu, who confirmed theThursday attack, said he got reports that the military men were in the village to repel an attack on the civilian population.
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