Military foils terrorist attack on Damboa in Borno

TROOPS of the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army in Borno State at the weekend foiled another attack on Damboa town with the killing of scores of suspected Boko Haram gunmen while some of them fled into Sambisa Forest by 5:00 p.m.

  Damboa is the council headquarters, and 87 kilometres south of Maiduguri, the state capital.

  According a Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) member, Habu Musa, the insurgents were intercepted at Kalla village, about two kilometres away from Damboa, when the troops of the Nigerian Army sighted them coming to attack the town.

  He said: “The insurgents, who sneaked in at about noon, were incepted by the troops, who swiftly reacted by firing artillery missiles and repelled them. 

  A military source also said that their men in Damboa successfully foiled another attempt to take over Damboa, as they crushed the

insurgents in the two-hour operations near the forest.

  “Yes, our troops in Damboa this afternoon successfully foiled an attempt to sack Damboa town, where they killed scores of the insurgents”, said the military source.

  Also, a resident, Mohammed Ibrahim in a telephone interview yesterday, said: “Many of the Boko Haram insurgents who attempted to attack this town at about noon met their waterloo as the troops of the Nigerian Army intercepted and repelled them at Kalla village on the outskirt of Damboa.”