[ad_1]
Boko Haram fighters on dozens of vehicles attacked a base near a key city in northeastern Nigeria during their latest attack on security forces, police and police said on Friday. the local militia. "Major" redeployment of senior officers, appointing a new commander to conduct counter-insurgency operations against jihadists.
It was the third commander to be appointed for the miltary operation in the space of one year.
Islamists attacked Thursday a base on the outskirts of Jakana, a village located 30 km from Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, firing rifles and grenades propelled by rockets
. "Yesterday, around 17:42, Boko Haram terrorists in about 30 vehicles launched an attack on Jakana," Borno police spokesman Edet Okon said in a brief statement
. "Okon said without giving details about the victims."
Local militia leader Babakura Kolo said the attackers had taken the base "for more than an hour" before the reinforcements arrived. Maiduguri
"They (Boko Haram) took control of the military base after controlling soldiers and setting fire to the police station," he said.
"The details of the victims are still fragmentary but the bodies of two police officers and one civilian were found while nine residents were injured by stray bullets."
The attack occurs two weeks after the Jihadists had invaded a military base in the nearby state of Yobe and ambushed troops near the Sambisa Forest Bastion. On July 14, the jihadists believed to be loyal to Boko Haram faction leader, Abu Mus & Ab, al-Barnawi, attacked a base in the village of Jilli. Dozens of soldiers were reportedly killed or missing.
The day before, 23 soldiers were missing after the ambush of a military convoy in the Bama area, in the state of Borno, where Boko Haram's Abubakar Shekau faction is strong .
The attacks highlight the threat that Boko Haram continues to pose despite repeated military claims that the group was defeated.
* Sign up for the latest news from News24 in Africa in your
inbox: SUBSCRIBE
TO THE BULLETIN OF HELLO AFRICA
FOLLOW News24 Africa on Twitter and Facebook.
[ad_2]
Source link
