The Nigerian military on Monday, 1 September, 2014, began
airstrikes on Bama, Borno State’s second most important city, following
fierce fighting with Boko Haram insurgents, security officials
informed.
According to Premium Times, residents in Bama informed that the town
came under attack from the insurgents on Monday morning forcing the
military authorities to call in the air force for a sustained air attack
on the town.
It was gathered that attention was focused around the military barracks suspected to be the target of the insurgents.
Another source informed that military commanders had withdrawn ground
troops that had earlier engaged the terrorists to allow the use of
sweeping air attacks.
The source added that the military had warned residents to leave the town ahead of the clash on Monday.
“But the insurgents seemed to have resorted to using a few of
their members to create a detour (distraction) and make the aircrafts
dissipate their bombs so that they would come attacking with a much
larger force,” said the source.
It was gathered that Monday’s aerial bombardment of suspected
insurgents commenced the gradual roll-out of full force against the sect
by the Nigerian military.
“We were all along restrained because of the Chibok girls,” a top military source said. “But the time has now come to do something drastic. We cannot afford to allow a rag tag group to take over our country.”
A local vigilante, on Monday, said that about 70 Boko Haram
terrorists were killed by soldiers as the insurgents attempted to storm
the town and seize the barracks.
A top security official in Maiduguri confirmed the attack but did not
give casualty figure or state which side suffered more damage.
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