Boko Haram insurgents have launched fresh attacks on Magumeri, a community in Borno State, destroying dozens of houses and vehicles during a midnight assault.
The attacks occurred just as Governor Babagana Zulum declared Sunday and Monday as days of statewide prayers and fasting in response to the rising insecurity in the state.
Troops of the North-East Joint Task Force, Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), however, were able to repel the terrorists, preventing loss of lives.
Magumeri, situated along the 85-kilometre Maiduguri–Gubio Road, suffered extensive damage, including the destruction of Civilian JTF patrol vehicles that were distributed by the governor only two weeks earlier.
A military source who confirmed the incident in Maiduguri said:
“No lives were lost in the foiled attacks by the terrorists. Unfortunately, the insurgents burst from Sasawa Forest in Yobe State, razing down the patrol vehicles of the Civilian JTF and other volunteers.”
The source added that the volunteer youths have been providing critical support to the military and other security agencies in ongoing operations in Sambisa Forest and the Lake Chad region.
“Our soldiers stood their ground and forced the insurgents to flee with gunshot wounds back toward the forest,” he said.
