Boko Haram Recaptures Nigerian Town, Marte From Troops

Date: 25-04-2015 7:21 am (8 years ago) | Author: Mister Jay Wonder
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Boko Haram insurgents have forced hundreds of soldiers to flee Marte, a border town along the shores of the Lake Chad, a local official and witnesses said Friday.

“The terrorists, numbering over 2,000, appeared from various directions on Thursday and engaged the soldiers in Kirenowa town and adjoining communities in Marte,” said Imamu Habeeb, a local community leader.
“They fought with soldiers over the night and the fight continued today (Friday), forcing hundreds of soldiers to flee,” he added from Borno state capital Maiduguri.
Local fighter Shehu Dan Baiwa said the more than 2,000 fighters had been armed with bombs and tanks. “They used the weapons without restraint and succeeded in killing several people,” he said.

This is the third time Boko Haram has seized control of Marte in restive Borno state, a key battleground of their six-year insurgency, which has killed more than 13,000 and left 1.5 million homeless.

The city is among several retaken in recent weeks by Nigeria’s military, which has launched an offensive against the Islamists as part of a regional operation supported by Chad, Cameroon and Niger.

But Boko Haram have been fighting back, and Nigerian troops were also forced to retreat from Boko Haram’s Sambisa Forest stronghold this week after a landmine blast killed one soldier and three vigilantes.
A senior local politician confirmed, on condition of anonymity, that the insurgents had retaken Marte.

“We lost many (people) because some of our people that fled to Chad and Cameroon have return after Nigerian troops recovered the town recently,” he added.
A senior military official confirmed the attack on Marte, but refused to say whether Boko Haram had retaken the town, describing the army’s retreat as “strategic”.













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Posted: at 25-04-2015 07:21 AM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero
- PoliticxGuru at 25-04-2015 07:31 AM (8 years ago)
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Posted: at 25-04-2015 07:31 AM (8 years ago) | Hero
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- elchymo at 25-04-2015 08:36 AM (8 years ago)
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Posted: at 25-04-2015 08:36 AM (8 years ago) | Hero
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- Godawyne at 25-04-2015 08:42 AM (8 years ago)
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Wen eva army loose any community 2 boko haram they say its stractagic
Posted: at 25-04-2015 08:42 AM (8 years ago) | Newbie
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- dollypiper at 25-04-2015 09:00 AM (8 years ago)
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Quote from: Godawyne on 25-04-2015 08:42 AM
Wen eva army loose any community 2 boko haram they say its stractagic

Lol..All na part of strategy ..it is only the Nigerian Army in the whole of planet Earth that ' kiss and tell'
Posted: at 25-04-2015 09:00 AM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- winace at 25-04-2015 09:03 AM (8 years ago)
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Lies. We kn una plan. To make it look as if boko boys still active. Na today!!!  Why dem no bomb or capture during election period. Na una way na
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- osarobo62 at 25-04-2015 03:31 PM (8 years ago)
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e be like say the Chadians and Cameroonian soldiers don go back home.
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- beneno at 26-04-2015 09:51 PM (8 years ago)
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