Damasak: How Brigadier-Commander Tilawan s Recklessness Allowed Boko Haram Kill Many, Make Residents Flee Homes Military Source
A military source in Borno said the town has been deserted as residents scamper for safety due to the incessant attacks by insurgents on the town.
by Saharareporters, New York
Apr 15, 2021
A military source has revealed how the recklessness and rash decisions of Brigadier-Commander S. S. Tilawan allowed Boko Haram to launch attacks on Damasak that resulted in the killing of several civilians and forcing many to flee the town.
Damasak town, headquarters of Mobbar Local Government Area of Borno state, has been in the news over consecutive attacks in the area by the insurgents.
they staged a second attack in five days.
In the first attack on 10 April, the insurgents killed two soldiers and two civilians, while also destroying the facilities of global aid agencies.
They merely retreated and returned on Tuesday to the border town, to inflict more havoc.
They stormed the town at about 5pm, shooting sporadically and also armed with anti-aircraft guns mounted on vehicles.
Three soldiers speaking on condition of anonymity confirmed the attack.
According to Reuters, the insurgents killed at least ten people and caused hundreds to flee to neighbouring Niger, just some five kilometres away.
“Boko Haram men are still at Damasak”, said local government official Bukar Mustapha.
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MAIDUGURI Suspected Islamists attacked the northeast Nigerian border town of Damasak, killing at least eight people and causing hundreds to flee to neighboring Niger, local officials and a resident said on Wednesday.
No group claimed responsibility but militant Islamist group Boko Haram and its offshoot, Islamic State West Africa Province, carry out attacks in the northeast.
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Some 2 million people have fled their homes and 30,000 have been killed since Boko Haram launched its insurgency in 2009 aimed at creating an Islamic state in the region.
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Image: Reuters Damasak was captured by Boko Haram in late 2014 but freed by troops from Nigeria and neighbouring states early the following year. [File image]
Suspected militants attacked the northeast Nigerian border town of Damasak, killing at least eight people and causing hundreds to flee to neighbouring Niger, local officials and a resident said on Wednesday.
No group claimed responsibility but militant group Boko Haram and its offshoot, Islamic State West Africa Province, carry out attacks in the northeast.
Some 2 million people have fled their homes and 30 000 have been killed since Boko Haram launched its insurgency in 2009 aimed at creating an Islamic state in the region.