Crime
ISWAP attacks military base, kills general
ISWAP fighters in a long convoy of gun trucks along Ngude axis descended on Askira early Saturday, and a long-drawn-out firefight between the military and the terrorist raged on for hours.
Sources just confirmed a brigadier-general has been killed in an ambush by the terrorists.
Abdullahi Musa Askira, Deputy Speaker of Borno House Assembly, told the Daily Trust the insurgents came in 16 gun trucks.
A member of civilians JTF, Yakubu Luka, said immediately the attackers stormed the town, they went to the military base.
“We are expecting a reinforcement from the nearby community, as I am speaking with you heavy gunfire is ongoing.”
“We are appealing to the authorities to send fighter jets to support the ground soldiers. We are outnumbered; we only have five gun trucks with us.” Yakubu told the newspaper.
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