Nigeria, April 10 -- Suspected Boko Haram fighters fleeing from an offensive by a joint team of vigilantes from Nigeria and the Benin Republic have killed five forest guards in Kwara State.

Residents and local security sources told PREMIUM TIMES that the guards were attacked in their sleep at an elementary school in Nuku, Kaiama Local Government Area.

The assailants, believed to be under the command of Mallam Sadiku, also set operational motorcycles ablaze before retreating toward the Bani forest, which links the Old Oyo National Park.

A vigilante commander and a forest guard in neighbouring Kemanji said the attackers stormed Nuku at about 3:30 a.m. The Kwara police command confirmed the incident, noting that a mobile police camp was t...