Last week, Boko Haram men took over four towns in
Borno and Yobe states after a gun battle with military men
guarding the areas.The four towns they seized are; Gwoza
in Borno state and Buni Yadi, Buni Gari and Goniri, all in
Gujba local government area of Yobe State.
Not only did they overwhelm the Nigerian soldiers
deployed to guard the towns, they also killed at least 100
residents, including the brother of Emir of Gwosa and the
chief Imam of Gwoza’s major Mosque. Continue…
A top security source told Sahara Reporters that Boko
Haram had successfully beaten back three separate
columns of Nigerian troops from Gwoza. “The most recent
was a team of soldiers led by Lieutenant Colonel Agwu of
the former Special Operations Battalion (SOB) now 234
Battalion,” the source said.
Security sources also disclosed that the sect killed or
wounded numerous Nigerian soldiers during their initial
assault and, days later, in a counter-offensive mounted by
the Nigerian Army to try to wrest the town back from the
stranglehold of the Islamists.
The militants are now said to be occupying camps
abandoned by soldier after they fled from a series of fierce
battles Boko Haram.
Boko Haram also bombed Katako Bridge that links Buni
Yadi with Damaturu, the Yobe State capital.
The Nigerian army are said to be planning to retake the
four towns.
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