Gunmen Attack Military Base In Kaduna, Kill 12 Soldiers

No fewer than 12 soldiers have been killed after gunmen attacked a military base in Kampanin Doka in Birnin Gwari local government area of Kaduna state.

The attack occurred on Tuesday night.

The Cable reports that the military personnels were deployed to the local government to ensure security for expatriates and others working on a new road linking Zamfara and Kaduna states through Dansadau-Dangulbi and Birnin Gwari.

“We gathered that the soldiers had caught a thief in a village called Maganda in the area and were taking him back to their camp when some personnel of the Nigerian Police Force asked them to hand over the thief to them which the soldiers refused,” a source told The Cable.

“The same police followed the soldiers to their camp in Kampanin Doka and again asked them to hand over the thief to them, but the soldiers still refused.

“Around 8pm on Tuesday, bandits attacked the soldier’s camp and killed three soldiers in a hole and nine others in a tent in the camp.”

Recall that the expatriates had fled the town after one of them was kidnapped last year, but later returned after soldiers were deployed to the town.