The insurgents reportedly
launched an attack on a military base in the area around 5pm on Wednesday.
A military source said the
insurgents stormed the town with anti-air craft guns, bombs and other weapons.
Texas Chukwu, army spokesman, has
confirmed the attack, saying soldiers are on top of the situation.
The incident comes less than a
week after Boko Haram fighters struck at a military location in Gudumbali,
Guzamala local government area.
Some witnesses said soldiers were
killed in the attack but the army denied losing anyone.
In its renewed campaign of
violence, the insurgents have been carrying out attacks on military locations
in the north-east.
Commenting on this Ahmad Salkida,
a journalist known to have access to the leadership of the sect, said Boko
Haram had been overrunning military formations and piling up arms for something
“big”.
“The insurgents are busy piling
up arms, by overrunning one military base, after another, for something “big”
and what could that be?” he had tweeted last week.
Salkida added that in the history
of insurgency in Nigeria, no year has been as bad as 2018 in terms of the
killing of military personnel by Boko Haram fighters.
It wasn't a takeover, apparently the target was the military facility. The insurgents are busy piling up arms, by overrunning one military base, after another, for something "big" and what could that be? https://t.co/kOMKPGjWDg— Ahmad Salkida (@A_Salkida) September 8, 2018
No, they are not taking over new territories, they are still defending territories that, no doubt, have shrunk. What is true is, the armed forces has suffered more losses in 2018 than in any other year, in this crisis. This must be reversed. https://t.co/sF8VXPFg7a— Ahmad Salkida (@A_Salkida) September 8, 2018
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