Suspected members of the Boko Haram terrorist group on Sunday evening again attacked the convoy of Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State along the Monguno-Maiduguri axis.
Monguno is north and about 80km drive to Maiduguri, the town hosted thousands of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) mostly from Marte, Baga, Kukawa, Dikwa and other surrounding Local Government Areas.
FreshReporters News reports that this is coming barely 48 hours when some members of the sect ambushed the convoy of Governor Zulum along Cross Kauwa-Baga road in Borno state leaving over 30 people dead including 10 policemen and 4 soldiers.
Sources told Vanguard on Sunday that the latest attack led to the shooting of a back tyre of the vehicle/bus conveying Journalists attached to the governor.
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According to sources, the driver manoeuvred and drove the vehicle on the flat wheel to escape the scene.
One of the occupants/Journalist in the affected bus who did not want his name mentioned confirmed that the convoy ran into another Boko Haram ambush about 50km away to Maiduguri.
Unfortunately, the Journalist cell phone lines went off due to poor network, but investigation revealed that no casualty recorded in the latest Sunday ambush.