Boko Haram destroys Nigerian military base; 107 troops MIA

YOLA, Nigeria (AP) — Boko Haram destroyed a Nigerian military base as soldiers fled and only self-defense fighters prevented the insurgents from retaking a northeastern town, residents said Monday.

The civilian fighters held Gulak town after soldiers ran away Sunday night until the military sent reinforcements who fought off the extremists, former council chairman James Ularamu told The Associated Press.
The military base was burned down, said Ularamu.

Sunday night's attack came as a military intelligence officer confirmed that 107 soldiers remain missing nearly two weeks after a Nov. 19 battle. The attackers drove off with an army T-72 tank and dozens of new camouflage uniforms, according to the officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak on the issue.

Nigeria's military has denied dozens of soldiers are missing.
Premium Times newspaper first reported the soldiers from the 157 Battalion, including their commanding officer, were missing in action along with the tank, three artillery guns and eight trucks including one carrying 60,000 rounds of ammunition.

The military has reported that it destroyed dozens of Boko Haram camps and freed more than 1,000 kidnap victims in recent weeks. But Boko Haram has stepped up the tempo and range of its attacks, with raids and suicide bombings in the past week in Niger, Cameroon and northern Nigeria.

Early Sunday the extremists kidnapped dozens of girls and set ablaze hundreds of buildings in Bam in Borno state, said resident Mallam Ali.
The setbacks come as Nigeria's government admitted it cannot crush by December the 6-year uprising that has killed some 20,000 people.

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3339687/Boko-Haram-destroys-Nigerian-military-base-107-troops-MIA.html

CHANGE

"Sunday night's attack came as a military intelligence officer confirmed that 107 soldiers remain missing nearly two weeks after a Nov. 19 battle"
Which is it, 107 or 150

Fura De nunu gwavment.

" We are winning the war" - Gen Buratai

Smh

This calls for a very sober reflection ..

Still pressing up.

MizMyColi where hath thou? Cometh thou here ozugbo ozugbo

I think dailymail.co.uk is a pdp propaganda news site, what do you think ma'am?

Aresa or Arresa my sister Miz.MyColi said your attention would be greatly needed here. Welcome in advance.

Away end times wailers club reporting live from the UK-

Don't worry guys we have president wakanow, he's busy modelling in france

Our Miss tourism is currently in France. Next stop should be his West Germany..

They also catered away 170 teenage girls.

Buhari knows what he is doing.

This is jihad 2.0 approved from Aso rock.

Buhari is boko haram and he is hell bent on getting his caliphate

Una no go kill person with laff for dis Nairaland

Dem go soon deny am.

Buhari and Jonathan cut from the same piece of cloth ..just that Buhari is an older piece

Pathetic

after eating snake,
this dan banza will come and start dancing snake in the monkey shadow for us.

Wow
The news about more than a hundred soldiers missing seems to be true.
The truth is necessary. Gen. Buratai needs to take responsibility for the what happened and stop 'spinning' the unfortunate occurrence of the incident.
Families of these soldiers(who may not know due to no communication with the soldiers) need to know the situation of their sons, husbands, brothers and nephews under your authority. They deserve it.

Army dey come.. By the time they are through with their exercise..

Boko cannot stand..

I am not surprised, APC is built on falsehood, lies and propaganda.

This country is a huge joke


I smell Biafra.


Why isn't this on the front page?
I'm beginning to notice some queer happenings on nairaland.

I'm very surprised that this news is only reported by foreign media. I hope some persons are not deliberately trying to suppress information about BH attacks to make it look as if they are indeed working. #smh 4 naija

Oh! Daily mail has joined the wailers crew?

MIPNIG:
Still pressing up.

Watch his body language.........That's all!

Qsscruz:
Our Miss tourism is currently in France. Next stop should be his West Germany..

He has gone twice to France since assuming Office. Yet no result. Boko Haram is still killing.

God have mercy