- Insurgents have reportedly overrun Nigerian Army base in the northeast
- Security sources, according to a report that the militants on Wednesday, June 12, took a Nigerian army base at the village of Kareto in northeastern Borno state
- President Buhari had on Wednesday, June 12, noted that Nigeria was meeting security challenges with much greater support to the security forces
Report by Reuters indicates that Insurgents overran a Nigerian army base in the northeast, killing at least the commander.
Legit.ng gathered that security sources said that the militants on Wednesday, June 12, took a Nigerian army base at the village of Kareto in northeastern Borno state, some 130 kilometres from state capital Maiduguri.
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It was learnt that sources said that no other details about possible further casualties were available, adding that Nigerian army spokespeople did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The Nigerian military’s public statements on Monday, June 10, noted that their campaigns against Boko Haram and Islamic State’s West African branch were making “major breakthroughs'', describing the insurgents as “remnants.”
It was not immediately clear whether the attackers were affiliated with Boko Haram or Islamic State.
The insurgents were said to have overrun troops from the Nigeria Army’s 158th Battalion stationed at Kareto, killing at least their commanding officer and causing the remaining soldiers to flee, one security source said.
After the assault, the militants left Kareto, but remained in the area, they said.
President Muhammadu Buhari in his second-term inaugural speech on Wednesday, June 12, said Nigeria was meeting security challenges “with much greater support to the security forces in terms of money, equipment and improved local intelligence.”
Nigeria’s government has said the Boko Haram insurgency, and the rival Islamic State West Africa Province group, were on their last legs.
But sustained efforts to eradicate the militants have failed and the military continues to suffer heavy losses.
It was gathered that the insurgency has killed over 30,000 people and displaced millions of civilians in affected areas.
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng had previously reported that the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, said the army has restored normalcy to the Niger Delta, thereby increasing the level of socio-economic activities in the region.
It was reported that Buratai gave an assurance that the Army would fulfill its constitutional responsibility by ensuring that all threats to the country’s national security were completely defeated.
The Army chief who was represented by the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 6 Division, Maj.-Gen. Jamil Sarham, who is also the Land Component Commander of Operation Delta Safe, spoke on Wednesday, June 12, at the Hotel Presidential in Port Harcourt.
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