UPDATE: After 10-hour battle, Nigerian Army repels Boko Haram attack in Borno
Boko Haram notorious camp besieged by the Nigerian Military
Nigerian troops on Monday restored normalcy to Kareto town in northern Borno State, north east Nigeria, after repelling prolonged attack on the town by the extremist Boko Haram sect.
Army spokesperson, Sani Usman, had on Monday announced that the Nigerian troops were engaged in a heavy gun fight with members of the terror group.
After nearly 10 hours of fierce battle, the army said late on Monday that “the troops successfully repelled the attack and killed quite a number of the terrorists.”
“The situation has since been brought under control and reinforcement sent,” the statement added.
It also said that so far, the Nigerian troops “had 2 officers and 22 soldiers wounded in action.”
It said the wounded officers and men were evacuated to the military hospital in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.
Kareto is 120 kilometres north of Maiduguri and Monday’s attack by Boko Haram came at a time the Nigerian military was intensifying its onslaught on the terrorist group.
The Army recently recorded outstanding successes against the sect, which enabled a lot of people hitherto displaced from their communities in Borno and neighbouring Yobe state to return to their communities.
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