Maiduguri under fresh Boko Haram attack
Gunshots are sounding in Maiduguri Sunday morning as
soldiers and Boko Haram terrorists engage in battle over the control of
Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.
A soldier on the frontline told a PREMIUM
TIMES reporter that the insurgents initially moved to invade Maiduguri
town through a suburb community called Dalwa.
“It is the Boko Haram terrorists we are
battling with now as you can hear. They wanted to enter through Dalwa.
But we are tackling them”.
The attack is coming a week after the insurgents launched
simultaneous attacks on three key Borno towns — Maiduguri, Konguda and
Munguno.
That three-pronged attack by the Boko Haram sect is one of
the most daring in recent times as the insurgents, who already control a
large part of Borno State, tighten the noose on Maiduguri.
The assault on Maiduguri and neighbouring Konduga by the insurgents
were however successfully repelled by soldiers while the
troops securing Monguno could not stop the militants from seizing the
town as they had to retreat from there after the Brigade’s commander and
other soldiers were wounded in battle.
UPDATE 1: Heavy artillery shooting rips
through Maiduguri city as Boko Haram terrorists continue their push to
take over Maiduguri from all angles.
A high ranking officer told PREMIUM TIMES
that “the hoodlums are coming from four different axis. Some are
attacking through Njimtilo, some via Dalwa, others are charging through
Ngom and Mulai. But our boys are doing their best”.
Sounds of aircraft hovering over the city
is being heard from a distance but PREMIUM TIMES cannot confirm if an
airforce support has been deployed.
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