Military recaptures Marte after 20 hours onslaught

A security source told one of our correspondents  that the military mobilised all its arsenal, including air support as well as troops from Dikwa and Monguno, to ensure that the town remained under the control of the Nigerian Army after about 20 hours of fighting with the isurgents.
“Our troops are currently in Marte town as we speak. We are in control of it”, he said.
Air support
Air support was said to have been sent to the ground troops, apparently as a result of the significant level of threat posed to civilian returnees as confirmed by a statement from an officer in the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Saturday at 3:34pm.

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