Many passengers were reportedly abducted when ISWAP/Boko Haram terrorists blocked Lawan Mainari village located between Minok and Jakana along Maiduguri-Damaturu highway.
According to eyewitnesses accounts, the incident occurred in early hours of Monday with the terrorists burning three trucks before abducting unspecified number of passengers.
It was gathered that troops of Operation Hadin Kai stationed around the axis have trailed, engaged and eliminated many of the insurgents who staged ambush against innocent passengers on the Maiduguri-Damaturu highway.
In the aftermath of the encounter, three gun trucks belonging to the terrorists as well as arms and ammunition were said to have been recovered by the troops.
