I strongly believe the end of Boko Haram is near. No fewer
than 110 insurgents were, at the weekend, killed in a gun battle in Damboa, the
headquarters of Damboa local government area of Borno State in an attack
repelled by men of the 7 Division, Nigerian Army.
The killing of the terrorists came barely 24 hours
after troops in support of Civilian JTF killed over 75 insurgents at
Dogonwire 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 taken over by
insurgents.
A security source, who did not want his name in print
said that the insurgents- who came mostly in black uniform resembling that of
the Nigeria Police, used cattle as their shield, but the troops and the
vigilante youth quickly realised their trick and killed all of them.
“We rounded them up and killed them as there was no
escaping route for them. We killed over 100 of them, while their vehicles and
motorcycles were destroyed”, the source said.
A resident of the area, Alhaji Mohammed Bulama, said,”
The incident occurred at about 1:35 pm when we are about to start jumat prayer
(Friday congregational prayer) when we started hearing gunshots. We quickly
went back to our houses leaving the vigilantes and soldiers behind.”
When contacted, Defence Spokesman, Major General Chris
Olukolade, confirmed the incident but insisted that the exact casualty figures
were still being ascertained.
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