Boko Haram terrorists were
yesterday killed by the troops of
the Nigerian Army
when they at
tempted to attack Damboa town,
the headquarters of Damboa Local
Government area of Borno State,
according to sources.
A resident of the area, Mallam
Mohammed Bulama, told our
correspondent on phone that the
insurgents who came at about noon
to attack the town were crushed by
the troops of 195 Battalion of the
Nigerian army.
He said, “Scores of the Boko Haram
insurgents, who attempted to attack
Damboa at about 12:00 PM met
their Waterloo, as the troops of the
Nigerian Army intercepted them at
Kalla village at the outskirts of
Damboa”.
A civilian member of the Joint Task
Force, JTF, Abbas Haske said the in
surgents were intercepted at Kalla
village, about two kilometers away
from Damboa when the troops of
the Nigerian Army sighted them.
He said, “The insurgents who came
about noon were incepted by the
troops, which swiftly reacted by
shooting artillery missiles and
repelled them; they crushed all of
them, as scores of them were killed
in the process.”
According to him, the army has
done a good job, as the insurgents’
corpses and burnt vehicles were
scattered by the roadside in the
bushes.
A military source, who did not
want his name in print, told our
correspondent in Maiduguri that
the troops in Damboa successfully
foiled another attempt to take over
the town, as they crushed the
insurgents.
“Yes, our troops in Damboa this
afternoon successfully foiled an at
tempt to sack Damboa town, where
they killed scores of the insur
gents,” he said.
