One dead, several injured as Boko Haram ambush police in Borno

Suspected Boko Haram members have killed a police 

corporal in an ambush on convoy on a highway in
 Borno state on.

A sources reports that the ambush occurred on Tuesday

afternoon at Kubwa village along Damboa.

A source who spoke on anonymity grounds said: “The 
(Boko Haram) ambushed the policemen who were led by
 the Area Commander of Biu.

“The terrorists succeeded in killing policeman and 
inflicting injuries on many other including an officer.”

The convoy was said to have been led by the acting 
Divisional Police Officer of Biu, who was leading a team
 of nine policemen with some suspect and complainants 
from Biu to the State Criminal Investigation Department in Maiduguri, the state capital.

the police corporal was shot dead in a fierce battle 
between the police and the unknown gunmen suspected 
to be members of Boko Haram.

It quoted a police source as adding that among the nine
 policem personnel wounded in the battle is the Biu Area Commander who has been taken to Damboa General Hospital.

Meanwhile, two prominent politicians and a traditional 
ruler affiliated with the Boko Haram group have been 
arrested during a military raid in Borno state.

The sources reports that the politicians, who are known in
government circle, were arrested early this week by detectives
and troops from Operation Lafiya Dole, the counter-insurgency
military team.