Top security officials just confirmed to SaharaReporters
that Islamist fighters today overwhelmed the 243
battalion of the Nigerian Army stationed at Monguno
Barracks. The insurgents killed an undetermined
number of soldiers and wounded the brigade
commander of the barracks.
Our sources said soldiers who put up resistance to the
invading insurgents were killed, adding that many
soldiers then ran in different directions. They disclosed
that 1,400 soldiers were stationed at the barracks at
the time of the attack, adding that military authorities
were not aware of their exact whereabouts or how
many of them had been killed. “We still don’t know
what has happened to them [soldiers], but we know
that Boko Haram now controls the barracks and
Monguno town,” one officer based in Abuja confirmed.
Despite the losses, Nigerian Defense Headquarters said
the military was conducting air raids around the
besieged barracks, adding that soldiers had to tactically
withdraw from the town due to injuries sustained by
the brigade commander and others.
Contrary to our earlier report that Nigerian troops had
repelled attacks on the barracks, our sources said the
military facility had fallen to the Islamist terrorists.
“They [Boko Haram] have gained full control of the
barracks, together with all the weapons there,” one
senior military source told us over the phone.
The source echoed a statement by another military
source in Maiduguri, capital of Borno State, that the
Islamist fighters had killed many soldiers and a huge
number of civilians in Monguno.
Monguno town, home of the overrun barracks, is 85
miles from Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State.
Boko Haram began attacking Monguno and Maiduguri
simultaneously since last night, but Nigerian troops
succeeded in repelling them from Maiduguri. After an
intense battle in the state capital that lasted several
hours, Nigerian troops were able to repel the insurgent
attack. Nigerian troops said they had killed more than
100 Islamist fighters in the Maiduguri offensive.


source: http://saharareporters.com/2015/01/25/boko-haram-sacks-monguno-barracks-fate-1400-soldiers-unknown

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