By SaharaReporters, New York Sept 05, 2014.


Families and non-military staff residing in two major military barracks in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, are being evacuated after Islamist insurgents dropped letters announcing their plan to take the most important city in Nigeria’s northeast region. The letters were dropped at the gates of Giwa and Maimalari military barracks as well as different parts of the city of Maiduguri.

Several soldiers also told SaharaReporters that some of their colleagues had fled the barracks after the letters were circulated amongst military personnel yesterday. A military officer at Defense Headquarters in Abuja said he was not aware of any desertions.

The letter detailing the planned attack on Maiduguri was written in the Hausa language. It specifies that Boko Haram’s unpredictable leader, Abubakar Shekau, planned to personally lead insurgent fighters to attack Maimalari, the more formidable of the two barracks, and to fight to the death as a martyr.

“Soldiers are moving their wives and children out because they should not be there if a battle begins,” a security source said.

Boko Haram appears emboldened by its success in capturing Bama, the second largest city in Borno State. The Nigerian army and officials of Borno State were so rattled by the insurgents’ seizure of Bama that they claimed for two days that the town remained under Nigerian troops’ control. However, a senior official of the Borno State government told SaharaReporters yesterday that there was no doubt that Bama had fallen to the insurgents. A senior United States official also acknowledged the capture of the town by insurgents, and disclosed that the US would provide logistical assistance to the Nigerian government to help secure Maiduguri.

Yesterday, the Islamist terrorists began an apparent push towards Maiduguri by killing some 30 people near Kawuri town. They now have just an army checkpoint in Konduga standing between them and Maiduguri, a city with more than two million residents.


Source:http://saharareporters.com/2014/09/05/soldiers-evacuate-families-barracks-boko-haram-drops-fliers-about-plan-seize-maiduguri

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Yungwizzzy: pix or

or what?

dannyville2: or what?

you suppose know the rest na

OP, Pictures of the leaflets please. Thanks in advance.

God save my Nigeria

Maiduguri falls = GEJ should resign promptly...

thats a pic of the flyer

Sahara reporters, how come you are the only media who has access to classified info when it comes to Boko haram issue.. I dey smell something...

Hmmm...The Last Stand.

allau akbar

arresa: Maiduguri falls = GEJ should resign promptly...

simple as a,b,c...
Since he cannot do what he swore to do, there is no need having him there.
If we talk now, one coward go say apc supporters de celebrate boko haram victory. Do they want us to keep quiet and watch nigeria go under the control of boko haram? Our exigency for change wont allow our voices to be surpressed or, allow us being cowed into silence for the fear of ban.
If maiduguri goes, gej goes.

okosodo: allau akbar

ALLAH is great!

time 4 disintegration!

Imagine a society to produce animals who are willing to die for a cause, which to remain uneducated.


Moronic nation, moronic peeps!

With time we shall know who is telling the truth

Nigeria is too big and rich to fail. But still yet it is failing. Why?

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Jona pls take note and act

Where are the fighter jets,its hightime.....

argon500: Sahara reporters, how come you are the only media who has access to classified info when it comes to Boko haram issue.. I dey smell something...

u guys are always blaming sahara reporters,u should be thankful that u have an unbiased news agency reporting it as it happened.

Nigeria would be left with 35 capitals. If Miaduguri falls then d Govenor would have no home. It means d whole Borno State falls.

Media propaganda.
Where's the pix of leaflet?
Why always "annonymous" source?
Do they have reporters on ground?
This News is as fake as Niki Minaj

It is strange why are d houses of senate and reps not summoring d commanders and asking them pertinent questions?

Jonathan needs to ignore whatever anyone says and fight to finish

If Minimah is not up to the job let's look for another no nonsense general to head the army

You can not sweet talk terrorists out of terrorism!

That's fact!

Hmm nigeria ua well done. GEJ welldone jona till 2000andCivilwar

BH are getting more adventurous with each passing day.If nigeria govt is not proactive in its fight against this bh,not only maiduguri will fall but also large chunk of other states like Yobe n Adamawa.If bh is not stopped,they will continue to garner followings not only nigeria ut also from outside.

if bh were not so barbaric and religious extremists in ideology most 9jerians will no doubt support them....as against the Nigerian Police and their oppression and cruelty, the stealers of masses destinies aka political leaders...... change is needed in 9ja....but not bh change....am not willing to fight to defend the current system of 9ja Nope! If I were a soldier I'd just take my gun and stroll home....the leadership aint worth defending....with hell rufai twitting rubbish from his bedroom after chatting with his creation bh.....

The Last stand,this might be the decisive battle that will define the final outcome of this insurgency,its now a make or break situation we have at hand if this reports are true...Nollywood can make a good movie production out if this, meanwhile I think its time I begin to archive all this major events into some sort of documentary after the battle of Maiduguri is fought...and hopefully won.

The Government will deny this and Boko Haram will prove it as usual.