A colonel, a captain, four soldiers and a villager have been killed when Boko Haram fighters struck on Maiduguri-Damaturu Road near Jakana community in Borno State.

It was gathered that the terrorists waylaid some commercial vehicles along the road near a military checkpoint and using them as a cover to open fire on the soldiers.

A villager was killed in the gunfire while two others were injured; five soldiers said to be at the checkpoint also died while trying to repel the terrorists’ attack.