Damboa, headquarters of a
local government area in Borno, is currently under Boko Haram attack.
The insurgents, villagers
said, came in large numbers around 6:30 am on Wednesday and started shooting
sporadically.
One of the residents said
for over an hour troops from the army’s 25 task force brigade in Damboa have
been exchanging gunfire with the insurgents.
“They came in plenty of
hilux trucks. We saw about 20 before we started running towards the bush,” one
of the fleeing residents said.
“Soldiers from the 25
task force came in about 30 minutes and right now, over an hour, they are still exchanging gunshots with the
insurgents.”
The attack comes a day
after the insurgents attacked Bwalakila, a neighbouring village in Chibok local
government area.
A resident of the village
dislosed that the insurgents were repelled by troops of the 117 task force
battalion in Chibok, but that they had already stolen tons of food items from
the villagers.
Sagir Musa, army’s
spokesperson, could not be reached for comments on the attack in Damboa.
A soldier from the
battalion, however, said that troops are already securing the area as
they are being assisted by the air force.
“A fighter jet has been
sent from the theatre command in Maiduguri,” he said.
“So now we have air
support, and we are pushing the enemies out of the place and securing the area.
Some of them are still within but we have now outnumbered their forces.”
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