The jihadists arrived in the town around 5:00 pm and engaged troops in an hour-long fight before they “gained the upper hand and chased the troops away,” militia leader Gremah Kaka toldKaka said the
jihadists stayed in the base for “more than four hours” before they were dislodged by reinforcements from another base in Gubio, 46 kilometres away.
Last week, the jihadists raided a military base in Mararrabar Kimba, 135 kilometres from Maiduguri, killing five troops and stealing weapons, while some 30 troops are listed as missing. ISWAP has since July last year targeted dozens of military bases in attacks that saw the jihadists kill scores of soldiers.Boko Haram’s decade-long campaign of violence has killed 27,000 people and displaced around two million in Nigeria.DOWNLOAD THE PUNCH NEWS APP NOW ON
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