Posted on: 09:36 Tue, 20 Oct 2015



30 members of the Boko Haram sect
were killed in a gun battle with
Nigerian troops assisted by the local
vigilantes in the early hours of
yesterday at the border villages
between Adamawa and Borno states.

This happened after Boko Haram
members on Sunday invaded Gwoza
local government area of Borno
State, killing nine people and
destroying houses.

According to reports, Nigerian troops
had laid ambush on the insurgents
between the border villages of
Kirchinga and Imirsa, following
intelligence reports on the movement
of the sect.

“Following information about the
movements of the Boko Haram
insurgents we got, we decided to lay
an ambush in the wee hours of
Monday.

“Our efforts yielded results as we
succeeded in killing over 30 of the
insurgents after a fierce gun duel.

“We confiscated many weapons from
the invading terrorists, including AK
47 assault rifles, bows and arrows
and other dangerous weapons,” the
source said.

A vigilante operative had told
Vanguard that Boko Haram
insurgents had disguised as local
vigilante operatives and in the
process, killed unsuspecting
residents and soldiers.

“The insurgents who disguised as
local vigilante mounted road blocks
across the highway and pretended to
be carrying out routine checks.

“The soldiers were lured into the
booby trap of the insurgents who
immediately swooped on them and
killed three soldiers and abducted
one of the soldiers,” the source said.

In regards to the Kirchinga village in
Madagali local government area of
Adamawa State, a fierce gun duel
took place between Nigerian troops
and Boko Haram insurgents who
launched attacks on the village on
the weekend.

Meanwhile, suspected group of Boko
Haram sect on Sunday invaded
Gwoza Local Government Area of
Borno State, killing nine persons and
destroying houses.

The terrorists, according to a source
wounded many people after looting
their foodstuff, including livestock,
and fled without confrontation from
the armless villagers.

Sunday is a market day where a few
persons from surrounding villages of
Limankara and other communities
patronize the town for businesses.

On the recent attacks on Gwoza,
another source who was on his way
to Gwoza from Maiduguri at the time
of the attack had to spend the night
at Limankara, stating that he was
compelled to do so because the
military had blocked the only
existing Madagali- Limankaa- Gwoza
road.

The source said he was on his way to
Gwoza with a truck of cement and
other building materials for sale,
following relative peace witnessed
recently in the town, but had no
option than to spent the night at
Limankara before moving back to
Madagali town of Adamawa.

Gwoza was declared as an Islamic
Caliphate by the group’s leader,
Abubakar Shekau last year when his
fighters seized the town which is
south and about 150kms drive from
Maiduguri, the state capital but has
been recaptured by the Nigerian
military.