Scores of Boko Haram Members Killed In Another Failed Attempt To Attack Konduga




In their relentless attempt to take over the strategic town of Konduga in Borno State, the Boko Haram insurgents group on Friday stage yet another attack on the town with the ultimate aim of invading Maiduguri, the state capital.

They however met the stiff resistance of the Nigerian military, a security sources said.
The Friday attack which is about the fifth attempt by the group on Konduga town came barely 12 hours after the terrorists stormed the town and engaged soldiers in another bloody face off that claimed the lives of yet an unknown number of soldiers.
The terrorists were said to have stormed Konduga at about 8am in a dozen four-wheel drive pickup vans on Friday, but soldiers stationed in the town gunned down scores of them and forced others to flee.
“It was another major success today, because apart from killing the terrorists, the soldiers were able to retrieve a light armoured tanker that led the attackers into Konduga today,” said Abbas Gaza, an official of the Nigeria Vigilante Group in Borno state.
“They still wanted to attack and capture Konduga, that is why they are not giving up on the town,” said Mr. Gaza.
The actual figure of casualties on both sides could not be verified. A soldier in Maiduguri told journalists that “many of them (insurgents) were killed and I believe half of those that escaped sustained bullet injuries”.

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