Another Borno town, Damasak fell into the hands of the terrorist sect, Boko Haram, on Monday as 300 soldiers were chased away from the town.
A military source revealed in Maiduguri that the insurgents had earlier attacked the town in the northern part of the troubled state on Friday but lost five men and came back on Monday morning on a reprisal attack.
The military source told our correspondent in Maiduguri that the insurgents came in large numbers to attack Damasak at about 5am on Monday.
He said: “When they attacked on Friday, we were able to sight them from afar and shot a mortar at them which hit their vehicle killing five persons instantly and they had to beat a retreat.
“We were also able to capture one of their buffalo vehicles as they did not know what hit them,”
He said their success last week has evaporated now “as my colleague who was among the 300 company at the Damasak camp called me from Gubio that the insurgents attacked today (Monday) at about 5am and overran our camp.”
He said: “No one is sure of the casualties on both sides both it was large and the civilians too did not go unaffected as the insurgents have killed so many people in the town and equally sent many fleeing.”
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