Boko Haram Seizes Four Towns In Borno And Yobe State

Last week, Boko Haram men took
over four towns in Borno and Yobe
states after a gun battle with
military men guarding the
areas.The four towns they seized
are; Gwoza in Borno state and
Buni Yadi, Buni Gari and Goniri, all
in Gujba local government area of
Yobe State.
Not only did they overwhelm the
Nigerian soldiers deployed to
guard the towns, they also killed at
least 100 residents, including the
brother of Emir of Gwosa and the
chief Imam of Gwoza’s major
Mosque. Continue…
A top security source told Sahara
Reporters that Boko Haram had
successfully beaten back three
separate columns of Nigerian
troops from Gwoza. “The most
recent was a team of soldiers led
by Lieutenant Colonel Agwu of the
former Special Operations
Battalion (SOB) now 234
Battalion,” the source said.
Security sources also disclosed
that the sect killed or wounded
numerous Nigerian soldiers during
their initial assault and, days later,
in a counter-offensive mounted by
the Nigerian Army to try to wrest
the town back from the
stranglehold of the Islamists.
The militants are now said to be
occupying camps abandoned by
soldier after they fled from a series
of fierce battles Boko Haram.
Boko Haram also bombed Katako
Bridge that links Buni Yadi with
Damaturu, the Yobe State capital.
The Nigerian army are said to be
planning to retake the four towns.