No fewer than six soldiers were killed on Wednesday when bandits attack on the convoy of an army commander at Tati, a village in Takum Local Government area of Taraba State, a statement by the military authorities informed.
According to the signal sent by the Nigerian Army 93 Battalion in Takum, the commanding officer of the battalion, E.S Okore, a lieutenant colonel, is yet to be accounted for.
The signal said the incident happened around 10 a.m. on May 10. It added that the bandits in the clash outnumbered the troops.
The signal also said the number of casualties on the side of the enemy could not be confirmed.
It also revealed that troops at Donga while at Ananum village killed two bandits while others fled with gunshot wounds.
It stated that troops recovered 1 AK47 rifle, two AK47 magazines, rounds of 7.62 mm, one pistol, 7 rounds of 9mm ammunition one locally-made gun, charms, and the sum of N15,120, from the bandits after the encounter.
Also, soldiers who were arriving from a reinforcement operation in Marraraba were ambushed but carried out anti-ambush drills and fought out the ambush.
The memo stated that troops were still conducting search and rescue operations.
Taraba is currently experiencing an upsurge in criminality with kidnap-for-ransom on the increase in the state capital, Jalingo.