They were abducted after being overpowered by the terrorists who stormed their location in large numbers.
Militants from the Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), formerly known as Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād have abducted eight security operatives in the North Eastern Gubio local government area of Borno state.
According to Zagazola Makama, a sounter-insurgency Expert and security analyst in the Lake Chad, the security men include one policeman, four members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) and three hunters.
They were abducted after being overpowered by the terrorists who stormed their location in large numbers.
The terrorists also carted away one hilux patrol vehicle and weapons and afterwards moved towards Gadai village in Nganzai Local Government Area.
Since the death of JAS leader, Abubakar Shekau, ISWAP has been consolidating its grip in locations around Lake Chad.
The sect’s membership has swollen with the defection of hundreds of Boko Haram fighters under Shekau.
The Nigerian Army has repeatedly claimed that the insurgency has been largely defeated.
The terror group has caused over 100,000 deaths and displaced millions of individuals mainly in Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe states.