A security source made the data accessible to the news organization on Wednesday.
The officers kicked the bucket when a military vehicle burst into flames after a vehicle loaded up with explosives smashed into a caravan on Tuesday evening, the source told AFP.
The assault happened during battle with Islamic State West Africa activists (a group of Boko Haram) in the town of Monguno somewhere in the range of 135 kilometers (85 miles) north of Borno State capital, Maiduguri.
Only three days sooner, Chad pulled back 1,200 soldiers from the area – including hundreds from Monguno – subsequent to finishing a nine-month crucial an adversary jihadist gathering, Nigeria's Boko Haram.
The pullout from the biggest base in the unpredictable Lake Chad locale, which straddles the fringes of Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, and Chad, had started across the board fears of expanded jihadist assaults.
On Tuesday, many ISWAP warriors on board a few trucks fitted with assault rifles assaulted Monguno.
Inhabitants in Monguno said a rocket-moved projectile struck a displaced person camp lodging a large number of individuals, causing a discharge that gutted many tents.
"Despite everything we don't have a clue whether anybody was slaughtered in the camp yet a few people supported consumes," said Monguno occupant Kulo Gana.
Inhabitants additionally said jihadists trapped transports conveying regular citizens under military escort outside the town, starting a weapon fight.
Fighters who repulsed the assault slaughtered a large number of the jihadists, witnesses said.
Activists additionally raged a compound lodging the workplaces of help organizations working in the area.
Occupants said they propelled projectiles into the workplaces, which had been cleared before the assault.
Officers subdued the assaults and put the town on lockdown on Wednesday, with troops venturing up watches, occupants said.
ISWAP and Boko Haram have more than once assaulted Monguno in bombed endeavors to overwhelm it.
As of late, ISWAP has increase assaults in the upper east, focusing on security authorities and stealing regular citizens at counterfeit thruway checkpoints.
The decade-long clash in remote northeastern Nigeria has asserted 36,000 lives and uprooted around 2,000,000 from their homes, as indicated by the United Nations.
The contention has spilled into neighboring Niger, Chad, and Cameroon, provoking a local military alliance to battle the jihadist gatherings.
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