Boko Haram insurgents yesterday overrun a Police Force Mobile Training
camp in the southeast part of Borno State, even as soldiers moved to dislodge
them from the area, a security source said.Heavily armed terrorists in three
Toyota Hilux vehicles moved into the training camp at Limankara, a hilly town
near Gwoza, about 183 kilometres from Maiduguri, the state capital, shooting
sporadically for about an hour. The source said the few policemen on ground
made attempts to repel the attack, but retreated due to the large number of the
invaders. The insurgents stormed the police camp in the afternoon, fired rocket
propelled grenades into the camp apparently to destabilize the policemen. There
were efforts by our colleagues to repel the attack, but they were many in
number, a police source said. However, the terrorists burnt some facilities at
the camp. Sources also said they have set up their base within the camp, a
claim which cannot be verified as at press time. A resident who fled to
Madagali in neigbhouring Adamawa State with other victims following the August
7 Boko Haram attack on Gwoza said many residents were apprehensive as heavy
gunshots were heard coming from Limankara area. We were very scared and thought
Boko Haram insurgents were coming to invade Madagali again, the source who did
not want his name in print, said.
Sun Newspaper
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