Bokohara Captures Another Major Town In Borrno State
Bokohara Captures Another Major Town In Borrno State Dailynaijamode Boko Haram terrorists have reportedly captured Marte, the headquarters of Marte Local Government Area of Borno State. Daily Trust reports that the insurgents stormed the Marte military base, 153 Task Force Battalion, shooting sporadically and in the process razed “everything”. It quoted a military source as saying on Monday: “The insurgents seem not to have intended harming any civilian, but only to capture the town; so they stormed the military base, taking troops there unawares at about 6pm (Sunday) much less than an hour to break fast time”. “We engaged them in a fierce encounter for about an hour. Initially, we were about getting victorious over them, but they overpowered us, and all troops in the burning base were set asunder, with all of us fleeing in all directions in the bush. “I can tell you that we were about defeating them; but God knows the tactics they later deployed and the defeat turned against us