At least 59 members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect were
killed on Monday, as the Nigerian military repelled an attack by the sect to
expand its caliphate to include Bama town, Borno State.
It would be recalled that the sect had last week declared a
caliphate in Gwoza, a town 135km from Maiduguri, and may be aiming to get
further mileage towards Maiduguri.
Bama is one of the largest towns in Borno, and a capture of
the city would have further given vent to the determination of the sect to take
over Maiduguri, the state capital.
A security source, said 59 out of about 200 insurgents who
invaded the town fell to the “superior weapon handling and war tactics of the
soldiers.”
He revealed that more than 30 insurgents were also left
injured with various bullet wounds as the majority of the terrorists were
compelled to retreat through the bush.
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