Boko Haram terrorists have
reportedly captured Marte, the headquarters of Marte Local Government Area of
Borno State.
Daily Trust reports that the
insurgents stormed the Marte military base, 153 Task Force Battalion, shooting
sporadically and in the process razed “everything”.
It quoted a military source as
saying on Monday: “The insurgents seem not to have intended harming any
civilian, but only to capture the town; so they stormed the military base,
taking troops there unawares at about 6pm (Sunday) much less than an hour to
break fast time”.
“We engaged them in a fierce
encounter for about an hour. Initially, we were about getting victorious over
them, but they overpowered us, and all troops in the burning base were set
asunder, with all of us fleeing in all directions in the bush.
“I can tell you that we were
about defeating them; but God knows the tactics they later deployed and the
defeat turned against us; we all fled; they are in control of the town now.”
According to another fleeing
source, “casualty figures cannot be confirmed on both sides, with all of us
fleeing in all directions into the bush, and many of us finding their way to
Maiduguri, and majority still roaming in the bush.
“Many of us who are lucky to find
our way to Maiduguri or any safe community will elope to their home states
across the country to relieve themselves of the trauma.”
This development is coming days
after Lt Gen Tukur Buratai, the Chief of Army Staff, declared that Boko Haram
has been defeated.
According to him, Nigerian
military is now fighting an international criminal gang known as Islamic State
of West Africa Province (ISWAP).
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