The Nigerian Army has denied reports of an attack on a military barrack in Borno state, by members of the Boko Haram terrorist group.
The report was dismissed as ‘fake’, by an Army contact on Saturday, September 1, The Nation reports.
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NAIJ.com gathers that when asked about the alleged incident, the contact reportedly stated: “Where did you get this fake information, please?”
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Recall that NAIJ.com previously reported that at least 31 soldiers were allegedly dead, 19 injured and some others yet to be unaccounted for as Boko Haram insurgents allegedly invaded a base of the Nigerian Army in Borno state on Thursday, August 30.
Scores of Boko Haram fighters were said to have carried out the attack on the base located at Zari, a small community north of Maiduguri and near the border with Niger.
The insurgents reportedly stormed the base in 12 gun trucks while some others came on foot in the early evening of that day.
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Source: Naija.ng
