MAIDUGURI — Residents of Biu town, Borno state on Saturday evening pour on the streets in the town in jubilation galore following the defeat of suspected members of the Islamic State of West Africa (ISWAP) by a combined team of the Nigerian military and Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), in an attack on Yamarkumi, five kilometres away from Biu town in southern part of Borno State.
The residents were seen waving and hailing troops and members of the CJTF as they moved through Biu township roundabout after their success against the insurgents.
A source said the terrorists stormed Yamarkumi village and started shooting sporadically, but the troops swiftly moved in to tackle the attackers with a fighter jet hovering over and demobilized gun truck belonging to the suspected ISWAP fighters.
Also, a CJTF source who spoke on condition of anonymity, told our correspondent that the insurgents came with about six gun trucks around 4:05pm
“We overpowered the terrorist group under 45 minutes. It was the best outing in recent times, we killed more than four Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists,” the source said.
It was gathered that the attack occurred barely 20 hours after suspected ISWAP terrorists attacked Kautikari community near Chibok and killed three villagers and burned down several houses.
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