Nigerian soldiers and members of a vigilante successfully repelled a Boko Haram attack on Biu in Southern Borno State, an official has said.

An official of the Civilian-JTF, whose members fight alongside the military against the insurgents, told PREMIUM TIMES that 48 Boko Haram fighters were killed in the battle. The military is yet to speak on the attack.

PREMIUM TIMES Tuesday night reported how Boko Haram fighters gathered outside Biu to attack the town barely 24 hours after they were repelled by soldiers.

On Monday, the insurgents, in an attempt to attack Biu, ran over two villages on the outskirts of the town killing two persons and injuring 13 others. They were later repelled by soldiers after hours of a gunbattle on the outskirts of Biu.

The insurgents returned the next day.

At about 6 p.m. on Tuesday, residents of Biu were alerted to the gathering of suspected Boko Haram gunmen who arrived at a location near Kimba, a village a stone throw away from Biu.

Security sources who spoke with PREMIUM TIMES on phone on Tuesday said troops mobilized from different locations to confront the insurgents.

A source confirmed to this reporter Wednesday morning that the troops in Biu and the ones in Damboa converged to engage the insurgents in a shootout that lasted till the early hours of Christmas day.

Backed by operatives of the Civilian-JTF, the battle continued until “48 of the Boko Haram gunmen dropped dead while some fled with bullet injuries.”

“The operation lasted till about 4 a.m. when the soldiers and our members finished ransacking the areas for their dead bodies”, said a C-JTF operative, Muhammed Liberia, who spoke to our reporter.

“We were also able to arrest three of the Boko Haram live and they are currently with the soldiers,” he said.

The military has not issued any statement on the Biu attacks, but another public official currently in the town said normalcy had returned there.

Bulama Talba, the Press Secretary to the Borno State deputy governor, who is currently in Biu with his principal, confirmed that the attackers were repelled.

“As I am talking to you now, normal activities are going in Biu town after the soldiers have repelled the planned attack,” he said.

“We heard that the soldiers have effectively repelled the intended attack, and people are carrying on with their Christmas celebration.”

The Boko Haram insurgency in Northern Nigeria has caused over 30,000 deaths since 2009. The insurgents say they want an Islamic caliphate in Northern Nigeria.

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Kudos to the gallant Soldiers. More grease to their elbow!

Few image Evidence please. Because I too Trust this country when it comes to diverting attention .
We have seen that happen over and over again

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Audio killing

And someone said Boko Haram have been technically defeated.

Bokoharam has ended. What we have is Buhukaram

Wow! Good one

Good news

May God bless Nigeria soldiers

Are these bh boys and Vietnamese related?

Nigeria will be great again

Bokoharam no de finish?

These days our military is always on the defensive by repelling these attacks.

They should rather be offensive and be the ones to attack the terrorist dens.

If it's true, Alhamdulillah

fight them just as Ali ibn Abi Talib together with the Muslims of before, fought their predecessors

fight them as much as you can until Imes comes to finish them in Shaa Allaah....

All forces who are giving Islam buruku names shall be repelled by "the end of days"

Imes, we await your coming

I know I will have wailers on my mention. But before u wail, if you are a Christian, first explain these verses:

Kill everyone except virgin girls who you should keep for yourselves:

Numbers: 31. 17. Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. 18. But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves. - Bible Offline

Kill women, children, suckling and animals:

1 Samuel: 15. 3. Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. 4. And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah. - Bible Offline

I though you said no killing if they don't accept, what's this?:

2 Chronicles: 15. 13. That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman. - Bible Offline

But you may say it's in the Old Testament, but was it not God that commanded it? and since you believe Jesus is God, then you must believe Jesus did so

Kindly explain those three, then I will bring more. Then if you can explain everything, then you are free to wail

Good job guys.

Evidence or I donbilivit...

Rudeboy's "audio money" comes to mind.

can boko haram just get contained to northern province

I smell lies...

More grace for NA

God bless The Nigerian Armed Forces

God bless His Excellence, President Mohammadu Buhari (GCFR)

God bless The Federal Republic of Nigeria!

Why arresting them when they will still release them!

Kudos to the military but I don't like that BH is usually the one that takes the fight to our men. Meaning they are still based somewhere and come out to attack. If they feel they want to stop attacking and be contented with the area they have, that means we will have a nation inside a nation. All the same, kudos to the NA

Where do these insurgents reside since the Army claimed that they don't control any area. How are they able to move hundreds of fighters which requires a lot of logistics.
French troops are on the other side of the borders in Niger and Chad, how come we are not asking them questions about their mandate there.
Kudos to the gallant soldiers.

God will continue to secure our nation.
Merry Christmas to you all.

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This is good report, i celebrate with our gallant soliders..May God help them in this battle.