The death toll from Boko Haram attack on the convoy of Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has risen to 30.

Security sources made this known on Saturday as two of them told newsmen that the number of fatalities from the attack Friday had doubled as more bodies were found and now included 12 policemen, five soldiers, four members of a government-backed militia, and nine civilians.

“The tally has increased to 30 as many bodies were picked in the surrounding areas after the attack,” one of the sources said, adding that “many people were injured”.

It was reported that an ambush on the convoy of Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, on Friday left about 15 persons dead when the governor’s convoy was said to have been attacked between Monguno and Baga areas of the state.

According to a security source, the attack left mainly security personnel comprising eight policemen, three soldiers and four Civilian Joint Task Force operatives dead.

A source at the Borno State Government House in Maiduguri also told newsmen that the governor had left Maiduguri for Baga to prepare for the planned return of internally displaced persons from Maiduguri to the camps in Baga and the governor left Maiduguri with a retinue of armed soldiers, police officers and Civilian-JTF personnel.

Spoke on condition of anonymity, a senior police officer said that he was told eight persons were killed, including security personnel and civilians.

Yesterday’s incident marked the second attack on the governor’s convoy in recent times around Baga.