Nigeria, April 13 -- The Nigerian Army has confirmed the killing of a commanding officer and six other soldiers following a terrorist attack on a military location in Monguno, Borno State.

In a statement issued on Monday, the spokesperson for Operation Hadin Kai, Sani Uba, said troops of Sector 3 of the operation came under what he described as an "isolated infiltration attack" by terrorists at the Charlie 13 location in Monguno late on 12 April (Sunday).

PREMIUM TIMES reported that suspected fighters of Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) attacked a military formation, killing a colonel, I.A. Mohammed, and other soldiers.

In his statement, Mr Uba did not disclose the name and the rank of the slain officer.

According to him, tr...