BOKO HARAM: OUR SOLDIERS RECORDED ROARING SUCCESS

Report reaching us indicates that Nigerian soldiers recorded another resounding victory over Boko Haram fighters late Tuesday and yesterday in fierce battles in Konduga town of Borno State and dozens of the insurgents who stormed the town to avenge the mass killing of their colleagues last Friday were crushed by the soldiers.

Security sources and vigilante members said “Those killed in Konduga were up to 250. They confronted the soldiers in three batches but were all repelled.
“A different set of the terrorists yesterday took over the highway at Ngamdu in Kaga LGA along the Maiduguri- Damaturu road where over 150 of them were killed” Bashir said.

A senior security official said the ultimate target of the insurgents was to attack Maiduguri, the state capital. He said the insurgents appeared on the highway after manipulating their way through bushes in Yobe and Borno States, adding that another APC was recovered from them.

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said late yesterday said that Konduga and its environs were under renewed attack from the terrorists but did not give details figure.

 “All I can say is that this was another successful encounter because we repelled the attacks killed many of them and recorded serious seizure of weapons. We are now working seriously on intelligence report and God is on our side. We did not rest on our oars after the Friday encounter knowing fully that the insurgents would come again,” he said..

The Defence Headquarters spokesperson also added that soldiers battled for 12 hours and successfully crushed another attempt by the terrorists who were on a revenge mission to Konduga on Tuesday.
“Troops are now combing the vicinity in a cordon and search operation to determine the heavy casualties suffered by the terrorists in the encounter”, the statement said.

In a related development, the insurgents yesterday laid siege along Maiduguri-Damaturu road and again ran into serious confrontation with soldiers. Many passengers waited at the Borno Express motor park for the road to clear. Around 1pm, commuters who arrived Maiduguri from Damaturu, Kano and other places said they saw soldiers conveying corpses.