Nigeria’s military recaptured the northeastern town of Rann yesterday after it was overrun by Islamic State West Africa (ISWA) insurgents a day earlier, weeks ahead of an election in which security has become a key campaign issue.


This is coming as the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said Monday evening attack on Rann by Boko Haram caused many to flee the town.

Nigerian government forces and residents fled during the ISWA attack as the militants set buildings ablaze, but troops fought back and regained control of Rann yesterday, agency reports quoted military and police sources as saying.

“Boko Haram invaded Rann at about 4 p.m (on Monday). The battle continued for about three hours. Our troops retreated and later returned to fight back,” said a soldier who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity.

President Muhammadu Buhari came to power in 2015 on promises to defeat the Boko Haram Islamist insurgency aimed at creating an Islamic state in the northeast.

ISWA, which split from Boko Haram in 2016, has launched a series of attacks in recent weeks, renewing debate about security in the run-up to elections on Feb. 16.

In December, ISWA took the town of Baga – the Nigerian headquarters of a multi-national force formed by Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon and Niger to fight the extremists – and more than 30,000 people fled.

The military launched a counter-offensive last week and retook the town, saying it had given ISWA a “bloody nose”.

Meanwhile, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said attack on Rann by Boko Haram caused many to flee the town.

A signed statement by the North East Zonal Coordinator of NEMA, Alhaji Saidu Minin said: “An attack in Rann, some 175 kilometres (110 miles) northeast of the Borno State capital, Maiduguri, forced civilians to flee.”

He said Rann was hosting around 35,000 internally displaced people (IDPs), according to the International Organisation for Migration.

He recalled that Rann had been repeatedly hit by insurgents attacks, which exacerbated the already dire humanitarian conditions on the ground. Minin said report revealed that the military base in the town was burnt by the terrorists, with locals and IDPs fleeing as the Islamist militants set fire on camps and shelters.

He said “aid workers in Maiduguri said colleagues in Rann blamed ISWAP for the raid and people fled towards Bulale, on the Cameroon side of the border.

“Four IDPs were allegedly killed. Several shelters were burned. They also looted food supplies in the town. Humanitarian operations in Rann were scaled down in March last year after an attack which killed three aid workers,” Minin said.

https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/01/16/nigerian-military-clears-boko-haram-from-borno-town/?amp

My prayers go to our selfless military men and women who fight days and nights to keep our country Save.

Kudos to Nigeria's military.

It's because of them some of us can sleep.

I don't believe this news

Adiola:
I don't believe this news

Hater of Nigeria write your own version

Adiola:
I don't believe this news

EVILFOREST:
LIES

EyezofGod120:
they don come again o!!!!lies run through their veins

kokosin:
Nobody believe the military any more in Borno state.

dingbang:
Nigerian army can lie eh

Resener22:

How many times would you guys claim you have cleared bh

Brb for y'all.......

Modify:


You wake up every morning and rush to social media in search of bad news of this nation,
so that you will comment and share it among your friends and families.......
But when you see GOOD NEWS such as this, you pretend to be blind!
And every night you stay in one corner of your room praying to God to bless anything you lay your hands on in the same country 
Hmmmm!!! May God forgive and have mercy on you.
#When Nigeria become great, you will surely see this, BUT ..........

PassingShot:
Kudos to Nigeria's military.

It's because of them some of us can sleep.

GavelSlam:
Well done boys.

You are true heroes.

You've said it all Chairmen.
It is very good to know that we still have some reasonable people like you around here.
There is hope for the future most definitely.
God bless you.
Keep up the good work brothers.

cool

LIES
Not POSSIBLE at all because an uneducated, unemployed, unenlightened, unexposed Northerner is a potential BoKo BOY.

They only way they can CLEAR THEM is to wipe every living soul in this Category from Borno town.

Guess what, it is not possible
So BoKo abides with them and has come to stay.
It’s just a matter of weeks.

So Boko boys no dey borno again?

they don come again o!!!!lies run through their veins

So why were they denying that no NE/Borno town is under BH captivity? How can you "capture or reclaim" territories that are still under your command?

The earlier the APC-led Nigerian government & army acknowledge that guerrilla warfare are not won by telling lies and propaganda the earlier they succeed in winning same.

Good one.
Now they need to secure the town to avoid a return.

We shall see

Haters of the state should keep off

Tomorrow now we will be hearing another thing........why is d military fast becoming "the boy who cried Wolf" ......if u know u know

you can not boost of clearing boko haram when there are still a living northern and yoruba muslim,because they all support boko haram directly or indirectly.

I wonder when this claimed and reclaimed game of cat and mouse will end.

I think the federal government should evacuate all the sane people in the north to southwest and nuke the north.

I'm honestly tired of reading about the northern war.

ok

EyezofGod120:
they don come again o!!!!lies run through their veins

Will you STFU

I'm very unfortunate to be a citizen of a country that play politics with everything.

During jonathan's time, everywhere was relatively peaceful to the election period


Now it another time for election, they will go and ask the terrorists to leave until election is over.

Hmm mm this thing tire me o

6

Nobe here we dey!

Wonderful news


Too bad our gallant soldiers are the ones to pay the ultimate price for this political turned menace

Lies

Nigerian army can lie eh

Nobody believe the military any more in Borno state. I was in RANN and I can tell u first hand.....military.

Hater shall perish hating on our great country Nigeria

All those who have chosen to undermine their efforts, let me ask you...

Do you know what it means to engage in a gun fight?

We're talking about life and death here.

Blame the corrupt government who refuse to provide them high grade ammunition.

To be a soldier is not a days Job.