Boko Haram : Over 110 killed in Damboa

Boko activities seems to be intensifying as the year draws to an end and it seems the have changed their MO going straight to the neck of matured men instead of the former strapping of young girls with bombs to blow up major gatherings. This was posted by Vanguard about a couple of hours ago, read it below after the cut...

No fewer than110 Boko Haram insurgents were yesterday killed in gun battle in Damboa, the headquarters of Damboa local government area of Borno State  in a failed attack which was repelled by men of the 7 Division, Nigerian Army.

Damboa,is about 95km from Maiduguri, the state capital and was the first local government area captured by insurgents in June this year before it was gallantly recaptured by  the military in July.


The killing of these terrorists is coming barely 24 hours when troops in support of civilian JTF killed over 75 insurgents at Dogon Wire while attempting to repair the vandalized Power transmission line  along Damboa- Maiduguri road  since July this year as well as the combing of Tashan Alade and other communities of Hawul Local Government Area that were hitherto taken over by insurgents. in which, Over 20 motorcycles and other vehicles snatched  by the terrorists were set ablaze.