DESPERATIONAt least 43 soldiers were killed in the attack according to military and civilian sources, though the army disputes the death toll. THE SCENEThe video shows the sprawling camp in the middle of the desert, 260 kilometres (161 miles) from the Borno state capital of Maiduguri. On Monday, ISWAP said it had killed "more than 40 Nigerian soldiers" in Metele and carted away "four tanks" along with other vehicles and ammunition. On Friday, the jihadist group claimed that its fighters killed 118 Nigerian soldiers in five attacks on military bases across the northeast in the past week. "FALSE FIGURES"The Nigerian military broke its silence late Friday evening to confirm that the Metele base had been attacked.

Source: Daily Nation November 24, 2018 13:52 UTC