The Nigerian military on Monday, 1
September, 2014, began airstrikes on
Bama, Borno State’s second most
important city, following fierce fighting
with Boko Haram insurgents, security
officials informed.
According to Premium Times, residents in
Bama informed that the town came under
attack from the insurgents on Monday
morning forcing the military authorities to
call in the air force for a sustained air
attack on the town.
It was gathered that attention was focused
around the military barracks suspected to
be the target of the insurgents.
Another source informed that military
commanders had withdrawn ground
troops that had earlier engaged the
terrorists to allow the use of sweeping air
attacks.
The source added that the military had
warned residents to leave the town ahead
of the clash on Monday.
“But the insurgents seemed to have
resorted to using a few of their members
to create a detour (distraction) and make
the aircrafts dissipate their bombs so that
they would come attacking with a much
larger force,” said the source.
It was gathered that Monday’s aerial
bombardment of suspected insurgents
commenced the gradual roll-out of full
force against the sect by the Nigerian
military.
“We were all along restrained because of
the Chibok girls,” a top military source said.
“But the time has now come to do
something drastic. We cannot afford to
allow a rag tag group to take over our
country.”
A local vigilante, on Monday, said that
about 70 Boko Haram terrorists were killed
by soldiers as the insurgents attempted to
storm the town and seize the barracks.
A top security official in Maiduguri
confirmed the attack but did not give
casualty figure or state which side suffered
more damage.
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