The Governor of Kebbi State, Atiku Bagudu, on Thursday, said seven soldiers lost their lives while repelling a bandits’ attack in his state on Tuesday.
The governor said this when he visited five soldiers injured in the attack around Marke village.
Mr Bagudu visited the soldiers where they are receiving treatment at Sir Yahaya Memorial Hospital, Birnin Kebbi. He was accompanied by some members of the Kebbi State House of Assembly.
PREMIUM TIMES had reported how the bandits ambushed troops of the Forward Operational Base and of the Special Operational Command on a clearance operation.
The seven fallen soldiers include four naval special force personnel.
Aside from the five injured soldiers receiving treatment in hospital, two others were reported missing after the attack.
In a statement on Thursday, the governor’s spokesperson, Yahaya Sarki, said the injured soldiers are receiving treatment at the intensive care unit of the hospital.
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The statement also said: