LAGOS, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Nigerian army on Monday dismissed as misleading reports that some United Nations (UN) personnel were killed in an ambush on Saturday by Boko Haram insurgents in the restive northeast state Borno.
Four people were killed in the ambush in Maula village, in the state's Gamboru-Ngala Local Government Area, but none of them has so far been identified as UN staff, Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, an army spokesperson, said in a statement.
He said government troops fought through the ambush, overpowered the insurgents and killed six of them.
"A patrol escorting a convoy of civilian vehicles to Logomani encountered an ambush staged by elements of Boko Haram insurgents at Maula village along Dikwa-Ngala Trans Sahara Highway, which resulted in a firefight between troops and the insurgents," he said.
Nwachukwu said the situation has been brought under control.
