The latest attack was carried out on Sunday in Baga area
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The Governor made the pledge when he led a high powered delegation to sympathise with Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State, over the attack on his motorcade in Baga on July 29.
Zulum said this on Thursday while recalling the attack on his convoy by Boko Haram Terrorists on Wednesday during a visit to Baga.
Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, in a statement in Maiduguri, disclosed that troops of the Special Forces command on Saturday repelled the insurgents’ attack and inflicted heavy casualty of men and equipment on the terrorists.
The Olowu of Kuta, Oba Adekunle Makama has applauded the recent exploits of the military in recapturing Baga town, in Kukawa Local Government Council of Borno State earlier lost to the Boko Haram insurgents.
Fishermen in Borno State, whose means of livelihood were disrupted by insurgents, have hailed the military over the victory against Boko Haram insurgents,
The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, on Friday charged troops in the North East to pursue and neutralise Boko Haram terrorists to “eternity”.
The presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili, has expressed concern over reports that 700 Nigerian soldiers were killed in Baga by Boko Haram terrorists.
Already, their corpses have been transported to Abuja for the ceremony
The attack was carried out at about 10pm on Friday at the location of the 119 Battalion at Mallam Fatori, northern Borno State
Addressing officers and men of the Nigerian Army in both towns, which were recently recaptured from Boko Haram, President Jonathan declared that he and all Nigerians were very proud of the bravery, competence and patriotism with which they were now undertaking operations to expel the insurgents from all parts of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States
A statement by the Director of Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade, said apart from those captured in the course of fighting, many arrests of terrorists hiding in the town are being made and troops are still busy interrogating the suspects
In a hint on the overrunning of the insurgents in Baga, the Director of Defence of Information, Major General Chris Olukolade, described the casualties as “heavy”
The arrest of the officers was exclusively disclosed to PREMIUM TIMES Wednesday by reliable military insiders who requested not to be named as they were not authorised to speak on the matter
The images show some 3,700 structures damaged or destroyed in Baga and Doron Baga in Borno State this month, Amnesty said
He said since the unfortunate incident, a lot of speculations and conjectures had been peddled by a section of the press, particularly the online media, regarding the casualty rate
Buhari, while reacting to the latest terrorist attack on Baga in Borno State in which hundreds of people (some say thousands) were killed, said in a statement in Enugu on Saturday, that it was high time the Federal Government reviewed its counter-terrorism strategies
The terrorists had launched massive attack from different directions of the town on Friday evening
The town is near the border with Chad and had housed a military base staffed partly by multinational forces
Security sources said the missing soldiers may have been captured by the Boko Haram terrorists since efforts to locate them since Saturday at nearby barracks have not yielded results