At least 20 people have been killed in a
foiled attack on a military site in Borno state. The attack happened on
Sunday in Monguno village, some 200 kilometres from Maiduguri, the Borno
state capital.
The
gunmen, armed with a number of AK47 and Rocket-Propelled Grenade (RPG)
launchers, had stormed the military site in three 4X4 trucks and eight
motorcycles.
They were however engaged in a cross fire by the officers of the Joint Task Force (JTF) in the state.
JTF spokesperson in Maiduguri, Lieutenant Colonel Sagir Musa in confirmed the attack to Channels Television in a telephone conversation, stating that all those killed are believed to be fighters from the Boko Haram sect.
Lt .Col. Musa affirmed that no civilian casualty was recorded in the attack, adding that 37 AK47 rifles and 10 RPG were recovered from the sect members.
This latest crackdown is coming just after an international rights groups; Amnesty International accused the JTF in Maiduguri of gross human rights violations in fight against the fundamentalist sect.
The group in a report listed the abuses to include extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearance and torture.
However, a spokesperson for the Nigerian Army rejected the accusations, saying soldiers always operate within the law.
The
gunmen, armed with a number of AK47 and Rocket-Propelled Grenade (RPG)
launchers, had stormed the military site in three 4X4 trucks and eight
motorcycles.They were however engaged in a cross fire by the officers of the Joint Task Force (JTF) in the state.
JTF spokesperson in Maiduguri, Lieutenant Colonel Sagir Musa in confirmed the attack to Channels Television in a telephone conversation, stating that all those killed are believed to be fighters from the Boko Haram sect.
Lt .Col. Musa affirmed that no civilian casualty was recorded in the attack, adding that 37 AK47 rifles and 10 RPG were recovered from the sect members.
This latest crackdown is coming just after an international rights groups; Amnesty International accused the JTF in Maiduguri of gross human rights violations in fight against the fundamentalist sect.
The group in a report listed the abuses to include extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearance and torture.
However, a spokesperson for the Nigerian Army rejected the accusations, saying soldiers always operate within the law.
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