Troops Repel Attack On Maiduguri Northern City

By Akinwale Kasali

Nigerian Troops have repelled an attack on the Northern City of Maiduguri, Borno State, after suspected Jihadists launched an overnight attack on a Nigerian Military post.

The attack is the first in years in the capital of North Eastern Borno State.

This was confirmed by the Emergency Services and Residents.

Fighters from Boko Haram and rival Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, have recently stepped up attacks on military bases in northeast Nigeria, after its 16-year campaign to establish a caliphate in the country has killed more than 40,000 people and displaced around two million.

The attack occurred around midnight in the Ajilari Cross district, a southwestern suburb of Maiduguri and just a few kilometres (miles) from the city’s airport.

Residents and emergency services said the military quickly repelled the attackers.

Police spokesman, Nahum Kenneth, Daso posted on X   a “foiled attack by suspected BH/ISWAP terrorists around Ajilari Cross” as he also confirmed a separate incident where security forces thwarted a “suspected terrorist attack” in Damboa local government area, south of Maiduguri.

Emergency services spokesman in Borno State said that they had received “reports of attacks” by non-state armed groups and that they were “repelled by the military”, with no civilian casualties reported.

Residents reported four deaths on the attackers’ side.

“At about 12:15 am this morning, we started hearing gunshots coming from the military base. Later, we realised it was an attack by insurgents believed to be Boko Haram”, he said.