The Army Special Super Camp at Ngamdu, a border town between Borno and Yobe, where Lt. Gen. Buratai has relocated to lunch a final onslaught on Boko Haram was attacked by the insurgents on Thursday, less than 72 hours after the COAS’ declared that the end of the insurgents is near.
The Nation reported that the Chief of Army Staff at the 2020 Special Easter celebration with the troops at the Camp promised to stay with them until the insurgents are “substantially degraded”.
Sources at the camp who are not authorized to speak with the press revealed that the insurgents came in motor gun trucks from the south-western side of the camp and opened fire on the camp.
Other sources also revealed that mortar guns where lunched in the camp but no fatality was recorded. Some of the troops were said to have sustained minor injuries.
Our correspondent gathered that Buratai ordered the troops to chase the ranting insurgents away and warned them to focus on a bigger target.
“The Chief of Army Staff told the soldiers to see what happened as a distraction from the main operation that they are going to carry out. But we defended ourselves very well by repelling them,” the source said.
Another source revealed that it is a retaliatory attack by the insurgents after an advance operation by the Army were scores of Boko Haram fighters were killed and some captured.
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