The Multinational Joint Task Force
(MNJTF) abandons its base to Boko Haram militants after a fierce battle that
lasted several hours in Borno State, Nigeria, an eyewitness said. The force is
a body of troops from Nigeria, Chad and Niger formed to fight trans-border
crimes. They were later mandated to fight Boko Haram upon the emergence of the Islamic
sect.
“They (the militants) overwhelmed
the troops and forced them to abandon the base which the gunmen took over,”
local resident Usman Danssubdu told AFP after fleeing to neighbouring Chad
following Saturday’s raids.
Hordes of residents of Kauyen Kuros, Mile 3, Mile 4, Baga,
Doron-Baga and Bundaram escaped into Chad across the lake in fishing boats and
canoes due to the protracted assault on Saturday by the militants.
“We are now seeking refuge in
Gubuwa, Kangallam and Kaiga villages inside Chad near the border with
Nigeria,” Dansubdu told AFP by telephone from Gubuwa.
It should be recalled that the same militant group attacked Babban
Gida, a town in Yobe State that bordered Borno State – the victim of this
attack.
Boko Haram is a terrorist group which based mainly in
Nigeria. Its origin is traced to 2002; having Muhammed Yusuf as the founder.
Their operation turned deadly, attracting the international
attention from 2009. They claimed responsibility to the abduction of over 200
school girls from Chibok town, Bornu State, Nigeria.
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