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More than 5,000 residents of Kirawa, a border town in Nigeria’s northeast, have fled to neighbouring Cameroon following an overnight assault by Boko Haram insurgents, news agency Reuters quoted officials and community leaders in the area as reporting on Friday.

The attack late on Thursday forced the district head, Abdulrahman Abubakar, to abandon his palace, which, along with a military barracks and several homes, was set ablaze.

“I was left with no option but to flee to Cameroon,” Abubakar told Reuters.

“Residents boarded trucks to seek refuge across the border, while others ran to Maiduguri,” the state capital.

According to Reuters, a video released by Boko Haram showed fighters setting fire to the military barracks while chanting, “Allahu Akbar.”

It added that residents confirmed that Kirawa was now largely deserted.
“Boko Haram is in control,” said Dauda Hassan, who escaped to Pulka, a neighbouring town where troops are stationed.

The assault follows a September 19 attack on Banki, another border town, where Boko Haram fighters overran a military barracks, seizing weapons and forcing soldiers to retreat. Yakubu Mabba Ali Kirawa, head of the town’s development group, called for urgent military reinforcements, noting that local vigilantes and residents remain the only security presence after a multinational military task force withdrew following an attack in August.

The latest attacks underscore a pattern of intensified operations by Boko Haram and its splinter group, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), which have targeted civilians and security forces in Borno State this year. Since the start of 2025,insurgents have temporarily overrun several army bases and communities, though the military has repeatedly regained control following reinforcements.

Separately, former President Goodluck Jonathan reflected on the insurgency during the public presentation of Scars: Nigeria’s Journey and the Boko Haram Conundrum, a book authored by former Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, in Abuja on Friday. Jonathan disclosed that Boko Haram once nominated Muhammadu Buhari to represent them in peace talks with the Federal Government during his administration.

“One of the committees we set up then, the Boko Haram nominated Buhari to lead their team to negotiate with the government,” Jonathan said.
“I was feeling that, if they nominated Buhari to represent them and have a discussion with the government committee, then when Buhari took over, it could have been an easy way to negotiate with them and they would have handed over their guns. But it was still there till today.”

Jonathan stressed that the Boko Haram insurgency is more complex than generally perceived.

“If you conduct research and interview many people, you will only get part of the story, but never the full story of Boko Haram. I was there. Boko Haram started in 2009 when I was vice president. I took over in 2010 and spent five years battling the insurgency until I left office,” he said.

He also noted that the group’s access to sophisticated weaponry suggested external support.

“Issue of carrots and the stick may be adopted, and yes, probably the needs are there, but if you look at the weapons they use… then you know that these are not hungry people,” he said.

Jonathan called for documentation of the insurgency from all sides, including former members, to provide a more comprehensive understanding of Boko Haram’s motives.

Boko Haram, which emerged in Borno State in the early 2000s and escalated its violent campaign after its founder, Mohammed Yusuf, was killed in 2009, has conducted mass abductions, bombings, and attacks on both civilian and military targets across northeastern Nigeria.

https://guardian.ng/news/nigeria/metro/thousands-flee-to-cameroon-after-boko-haram-seizes-kirawa-in-borno/

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Terrorists have entered Kirawa town in Gwoza Local Government, Borno State, Nigeria, burning houses, vehicles, and infrastructure. Women and children from the community have fled to nearby Cameroonian villages for refuge. pic.twitter.com/AnItKIJuWz

— News Central TV (@NewsCentralTV) October 2, 2025

Our country is burning and no one noticed.

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Fake news, tinibu and shetima have defeated bokoharam

I thought that escobar said no more boko haram in north east?

Why using AI video that looks nothing like borno

In this same country where the President himself said the government was winning the war against insecurity?

What a sad thing happening in this once beautiful country and they are talking of permanent security council seat and yet can’t even secure their country, what a joke called leadership

Bobo Chicago said that Nigeria is now very safe.

Waiting for the agberos to come and defend.

What the hell is wrong this days ..I can say yes tinubu has tried to stabilize the economy..u can argue with your keyboards.but this security issue.. Tinubu has to get external help like tackle this thing before it got late like Gej did ..Gej got external help late ..that's why he lost the election..if tinubu face just economy and not security we will go back to square one

"A fight against BH terrorists is a fight against the north." - Buhari.

" Bandits are not terrorists as they are not mounting flags or taking territories." - Femi Adesina/Lai Mohammed.

" Banditry is not a federal offense..." - Lai Mohammed.

-You fight against Allah of you fight against BH terrorists...." -Current Sultan of Sokoto. There are plenty receipts with consequences or ripple effects

What will it cost the Nigerian government to eradicate terrorism and insurgency once and for all?
The political willpower?
Tactical knowhow..? Or Money..?

Meanwhile, there is no state of emergency declearation in Borno, Kwara or any other APC states where this menace is raging because the lives of the citizens being wasted does not matter.The unique thing about evil is that it only comes back to hunt the perpetrators real good.

It's high time Isreali forces come through for africa

This Borno is it not the state of the Vice President who said that he will be in charge of security?

Wetin all this so called president self dey rule seg this boko Haram issues supposed be ist thing to tackle .



Whalai we need a courageous leader like wike or obj I no some of u will want to quote me Boko was in obj time. Obj was about leaving before boko emerges and he sure me say obj would be look for a solution for Boko before Johnathan was also leaving he was also ruthless with boko but it was too late. The northerner voters loves their oppressors Sha

Over to bayo onanuga I have nothing to say let's have it

This time if these Boko Haram terrorists are not checked on time it will escalate to many states including LAGOS.

Because I perceive they are better prepared now than ever and with the way LAGOS harbors these people in disguise as bike men it won't be funny at all especially in LAGOS because them don know all the nooks and cranny of the state.

If Nigeria is too big for us to manage, let's divide this country to save lives!

What kind of news even comes out of Nigeria every day?!

Until the Nigerian government decides to give terrorism and banditry the Gaza treatment, nothing will ever change. NEVER.

In a country where terrorist are pampered and feard by the authorities, celebrated by their victims and honoured and rewarded by the Government of the day.

This is the fighting tactics of the taliban until they took Afghanistan. They kept taking little towns and villages until the whole of Afghanistan fall into their laps.

Shame dey catch me as I dey read Tinubu old tweets on BOKO-HARAM during Jonathan's regime.

Big shame!


Never believe anyone ever again.

The jungle called nigeria is not for human beings. Terrorist republic of nigeria piloted by muslim muslism ticket

xxxx999jon:
What the hell is wrong this days ..I can say yes tinubu has tried to stabilize the economy..u can argue with your keyboards.but this security issue.. Tinubu has to get external help like tackle this thing before it got late like Gej did ..Gej got external help late ..that's why he lost the election..if tinubu face just economy and not security we will go back to square one

Alaye nor Dey whine yourself nothing has been stabilized so far same way they give you fake news about stabilizing economy same way they did in security stop playing

Please don't make racist and tribalistic comments on this section...

Nigeria has no border. There is no miracle tha can be done. Kill 1000 and 10000 comes in. No way until we build a wall and use technology for surveillance otherwise we just dey jonz

The yoruba president has defeated Boko Haram.
Boko Haram is now dining with him.
Nigerians can now sleep with their eyes closed and dreaming of wonderland.
If they experience nightmare while sleeping, it's because they saw tinubu, building Nigeria like he built Lagos.

Tinubu said Jonathan was clueless about the affairs of this nation some years ago but he is in the same shoes of cluelessness today.

The government keep decieving themselves about boko-bandit

The kind of cash out these pepper soup officers are making in the name of fighting book haram is hilarious.

That community is now decimated. Yet no real solution to tackle all these but introduction of all manner of identification.