Nigeria, April 25 -- Men of the Nigerian Army deployed to fight menacing terrorists in Allawa axis of terror-ravaged Shiroro Local Government Area, Niger State, North-central Ngeria, have withdrawn from the area after losing two officers to Improvised Explosive Device (IEDs) yesterday.The Niger

State Commissioner for Homeland Security, Garba Mohammed, a retired major-general, told PREMIUM TIMES on Thursday that the soldiers were newly deployed to the community in response to incessant attacks by terror groups operating in the axis.

Mr Mohammed said apart from two officers killed by the IEDs, nine others were injured and currently admitted at an undisclosed hospital in the state. The commissioner's estimates were corroborated by the loca...