Boko Haram sets Borno village ablaze

Boko Haram insurgents have razed dozens
of residential houses in Mussa village of
Askira-Uba local government area in
Southern Borno.
Boko Haram attacks Mussa village for the
second time.
A man was suspected to have been trapped
in the attack which occurred on Saturday,
February 11, Vanguard reports.
Confirming the incident in Maiduguri, a
military source said: “The fleeing insurgents
are venting their anger on communities
bordering the forest, as they have no other
place to go, but to attack some of the villages,
while fleeing their hideouts.”

This was not the first time Mussa village is
witnessing Boko Haram attacks, as even the
palace of the community head was burnt
down by insurgents in recent past.
Mussa, which is a farming community on
fringe of Sambisa Forest, had been severally
attacked by the fleeing insurgents.

Premium Times reports that not fewer than
20 other recruits were injured in the gun
battle which occurred along the Maiduguri-
Dikwa road in the North-Eastern State. Dikwa
is 70 kilometres east of Maiduguri.

The report quotes Army sources as saying
that three other soldiers, including a female,
were declared missing after the incident.
Quoting eyewitnesses, Premium Times
reports that the battle between the
insurgents and the soldiers began at about
7.30pm on Thursday after a detachment of
troops numbering about 250 soldiers and one
officer ran into a Boko Haram ambush as
they traveled through the area in Army
trucks and buses owned by the Borno state
government.
The terrorists were said to have suddenly
emerged in large numbers from the bushes
and opened fire on the soldiers who were
mostly young soldiers fresh from training.