Troops have repelled Boko Haram insurgents that attacked a military base in Goniri town, Gujba local government area of Yobe state on Wednesday evening.
A credible security source who confirmed the development to Daily Trust said the attackers went to attack the military base around 5:30pm adding that soldiers gave them a very good fight.
He said causality figure from both sides is still unknown but the military had destroyed and recovered some items from the insurgents.
“But the terrorists have engaged our men for over two hours before being overpowered by our gallant soldiers”, he said.
He said that after the attack was successfully repelled, 5 gun trucks of the Boko Haram were destroyed.
“01 x VBL, 01 x GPMG, 01 x Browning Machine Gun and about 15 AK47 rifles were captured by the SF (military’s Special Forces)”, he said.
A resident in the town, who doesn’t want to be named, said no civilian or their property was attacked by the Boko Haram insurgents.
“They came in a fleet of gun trucks headed directly to the military base but the soldiers resisted the attack and forced them to flee”, he said.
Today’s attack is one of the several attacks launched against the Goniri military base by the insurgents, but were repelled consistently by the military, Daily Trust reports.
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