operatives were killed on Monday
morning by suspected Boko Haram
terrorists, who unleashed mayhem on
military facilities and areas inhabited by
civilians in Maiduguri, Borno State.
The attacks by the insurgents, who
rode into the troubled city in different
vehicles, including an armoured
personnel carrier, chanting Islamic
slogans, were said to have lasted for
about six hours before they were
curtailed.
The Director of Defence Information,
Brig.–Gen. Chris Olukolade, in an
electronic mail on Monday, said that 24
insurgents were killed in the attacks
which also resulted in the wounding of
two Nigerian Air Force personnel.
Although Olukolade was silent on the
civilian casualty, a resident of the
Gomari area, a few kilometres to the
Maiduguri International Airport, said he
saw five trucks conveying dead soldiers
to a hospital in the city around 6am.
Two brothers, who had just ended
their early morning Subhi prayer,
were among the civilians killed by the
insurgents.
Another military source said the city
would have been overrun by the Boko
Haram members if not for the
deployment of alpha jets from Yola,
Adamawa State.
No comments:
Post a Comment