The militants struck the Sabon Gari base before dawn, storming the perimeter and briefly breaching part of the facility, Uba said. The ⁠army regained control after reinforcements arrived, repelled the attack and were pursuing the militants, Uba said. Some soldiers and Civilian Joint Task Force members “paid the supreme price,” he said, without giving details on the numbers. Two security sources told Reuters at least nine soldiers and two task force members were killed, with around 16 others wounded. Borno, where Boko Haram and Daesh-WAP fighters have intensified attacks on military convoys and civilians, remains the epicenter of the 17-year Islamist insurgency.