Boko Haram Captures Lassa Town In Borno
The Boko Haram sect Sunday night took over Lassa town in Askira/Uba local government council, Borno State, leaving many persons dead and many worship and residential houses burnt down.
The attack, according to reports from Lassa, was resisted by the villagers who engaged the attackers with locally made rifles, bows and arrows. The insurgents who were said to have come with all sorts of modern weapons were said to have overpowered the locals after a brief exchange of fire.
As it is now, Boko Haram is fully in charge in Lassa town and has declared the town a caliphate.
Soldiers kill 70 insurgents in Konduga
Meanwhile, the Nigerian soldiers yesterday killed more than 70 Boko Haram militants following an attack the insurgents launched yesterday night on Konduga town, in Borno State.
LEADERSHIP reports that the militants started their attack at about 8:30pm but they were met by stiff resistance by a battalion of soldiers stationed in the town who foiled the invasion after hours of gun battle, killing over 70 of the invaders in the process.
A military officer who does not want his name mentioned in this report because it was not his job to speak with Journalists, said: “The insurgents came at about 8:30pm yesterday to attack the town, but our men on ground effectively tackled them.
“Nobody can tell you the exact number of the insurgents killed, but we have over 70 that we counted around the town, not to talk of those that may have been killed in the bushes.”
Boko Haram terrorists had since September made repeated attempts to capture Konduga, with the hope of using the town as a launch pad for a major assault on Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.
LEADRSHIP recalls that soldiers in the town had killed at least 650 members of terror group, during the attacks of 11th, 13th and 18th September, this year during which Bashir Mohammed, who had appeared in videos claiming to be Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau, was killed.
Female suicide bomber arrested near Maiduguri market
A teenage girl dressed in full hijab that hid an improvised explosive wrapped around her body was yesterday arrested by operatives of the Civilian JTF as she headed towards Maiduguri market where two female suicide bombers had bombed traders the previous day, security sources and witnesses said.
This happened as soldiers and operatives of the Vigilante Group were piling corpses of Boko Haram gunmen killed during an aborted attack on Konduga, a town located 35km West of Maiduguri.
Muhammed Abbas, an official of the Nigeria Vigilante Group in Maiduguri, told LEADERSHIP on phone that a young girl dressed in full hijab was intercepted by vigilante youths on stop-and-check duty at the Post Office area and was discovered to have some wired device under her garment.
“It was like a joke when she was stopped by the Civilian JTF operatives, who asked her to lift her Hijab a bit. When she reluctantly did, they saw the IED tied around her abdomen.
Everyone thought the device would explode, but it didn’t, and this made us suspect that either the IEDs they usually use are either remote controlled or timed,” said Abbas
LEADERSHIP learnt that the girl was handed over to soldiers at the Sector 4 deployment near the market.
Boko Haram kills 33 policemen, 6 soldiers in Yobe
It has been disclosed that 33 policemen and six soldiers lost their lives to Boko Haram insurgents following the militants’ failed takeover of Damaturu, the Yobe State capital.
The management of General Sani Abacha Specialist Hospital in Damaturu told the Hausa service of the BBC that their dead bodies were brought to the hospital yesterday.
The hospital also confirmed that two young doctors were among those killed in the attack.
“The victims identified as Dr. Hassan Lawan and Dr. Mansur Babale were killed in their quarters on Gujba Road. They were reported to have been killed at close range. Both Hassan and Mansur were graduates from the University of Maiduguri, and had graduated less than four years ago,” the management said.
A resident who pleaded anonymity told the agency that dozens were killed during the gun battle between the security operatives and the militants.
135 killed in Boko Haram failed attack in Damaturu
- JTF
No fewer than 135 persons, mostly Boko Haram members, were killed in Damaturu when Nigerian soldiers repelled a massive attack on the town by the insurgents on Monday.
Sources from the JTF, Yobe State Command, said many militants were killed and several others arrested as troops battled the invaders.
The command also said a 48-hour curfew was imposed after consultations with the military to allow for a house-to-house search.
One of the residents told to our correspondent that the militants had invaded the Yobe capital in a convoy of more than 20 vehicles.
Before the invasion was contained, the militants had burned down the Police Area Command Office and one of the mobile police bases along Gujba road. But soldiers, the source said, fought back courageously and pursued the militants to a bush at Gulani during which more than 100 sect members died, along with dozens of others, including soldiers, policemen and civilians.
Senate commends armed forces for repelling Yobe attack
The Senate has commended the Nigerian Armed Forces for countering the insurgents’ attack on Yobe State on Monday, and for stopping them from capturing the Government House in Damaturu, Yobe State.
This was sequel to a point of personal explanation raised by Sen. Ahmed Lawan (Yobe North) on the attack on Damaturu by Boko Haram.
The senator said though the insurgents succeeded in killing people and causing injuries to others, the armed forces showed gallantry and proved that what is needed to win the war against the insurgents is the will and not a pronouncement of state of emergency.
Nyanya Bombing: Oguche’s arraignment was impromtu – FG
The federal government, yesterday, said that the case against the alleged mastermind of Nyanya bombing, Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche, was discontinued because his arraignment was impromptu
The coordinator of the National Information Centre (NIC), Mr Mike Omeri, who stated this while addressing journalists alongside the spokespersons of the various security agencies, in Abuja, said Oguche’s arraigned at the Federal High in Abuja was to fulfil conditions placed by the Sudanese authorities for his extradition from Sudan to Nigeria.
According to him, investigation was still ongoing on Ogwuche’s involvement in the April 14 Nyanya bomb explosion,.
Cameroon recruiting 20,000 troops to fight Boko Haram
Cameroonian authorities have said that they are recruiting 20,000 more defence and security forces to fight Boko Haram following reports that the terrorist group is recruiting young Cameroonians to join the group.
A northern Cameroon native, Sen. Haman Paul, told the Voice of America (VOA) that the militants were recruiting young Cameroonians to fight for the creation of an Islamist caliphate in northern Nigeria.
“That was something that we witnessed in Maroua (in Northern Cameroon). People told us actually that they found people in town that were not actually people that they were used to,” Sen. Paul said.
Advising the country’s government, Sen. Paul said that “if one part of the country is in a very delicate situation, it is better you manage prevention instead of consequences.”
Cameroon’s Minister of Territorial Administration, Rene Emmanuel Sadi, said the threat posed by Boko Haram has led many people from the border areas in the far north to flee.
He said northern Cameroon is the hardest hit as many schools have remained closed and people are abandoning their farms and cattle for safety.
“Boko Haram has paralysed trade between Cameroon and Nigeria that has supplied 80 percent of foodstuff and basic necessities to northern Cameroon since the two countries gained independence more than 5 decades ago,” Sadi said.
“Adding to the woes of the economy of northern Cameroon is the fact that Nigerian fuel, which is widely used, is no longer available. Business transactions and commercial activity have been completely halted by Boko Haram.”
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