# Soldiers killed as military van runs into ISWAP landmine in Borno

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- Published: 2026-10-19T10:41:06+00:00
- Author: Olamide

A Nigerian Army patrol vehicle hit a landmine planted by Islamic State group-aligned
jihadists in Borno State, near the border with Cameroon, killing eight soldiers,
defence sources told AFP on Sunday.

 

The attack happened in the northeastern state of Borno on Saturday, October 17, 
2026, the same day the Nigerian Army Chief, Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, was
visiting the state capital, Maiduguri, over an attack on a base days earlier that
killed 15 soldiers and five anti-jihadist militia members.

 

In the latest attack, troops were inspecting anti-jihadist militia members who were
clearing thickets along the highway outside the town of Gamboru when their vehicle
rolled over the mine and exploded, killing all eight on board, the sources said.

 

The sources blamed the attack on Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), which
is active in the area.

 

Jihadists use thickets along the highway as cover to ambush troops and motorists.

 

“All eight soldiers in the vehicle were killed in the explosion,” which happened
in Kinuba village, 25 kilometres (15.5 miles) from Gamboru, a military officer in
the region said.

 

Ibrahim Liman, an anti-jihadist militia member assisting the military against jihadists,
gave the same toll.

 

“The explosive was planted on the dusty road and remotely detonated by a detonating
cord,” Liman said.

 

A militia member supervising the thicket clearing was injured by shrapnel, said 
Liman.

 

ISWAP and rival jihadist group Boko Haram have increasingly resorted to planting
mines on highways against military and civilian targets.

 

The long jihadist conflict has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced 
around two million from their homes in Nigeria’s northeast.

 

The violence has spread to neighbouring Niger, Chad and Cameroon, prompting a regional
military coalition to fight the militants. (AFP). 

 

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  TL;DR (AI Generated)

An Islamic State West Africa Province landmine killed eight Nigerian soldiers when
their patrol vehicle hit the explosive in Borno State.

The troops were inspecting militia members clearing roadside thickets near the Cameroon
border when the blast occurred.

This incident adds to a long-running regional conflict that has caused tens of thousands
of deaths and widespread displacement.

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