Boko Haram sect
who has last week captured Gwoza area of Borno has today captured Gamboru-Ngala
village in Borno state, displacing many of the villagers and disarming about
480 Nigerian soldiers stationed at the Cameroon-Nigeria border.
Reports holds
that the attack started around 5.30 this morning in the army barracks in Ngala known
as Harmony Camp before proceeding to Gamboru where they took over the town
without any military resistance. The insurgents reportedly embarked on a
house-to-house raid in Gamboru.
Army
spokesman, Lt Col Didier Badjek, who confirmed that soldiers have been disarmed,
said they are now being accommodated in schools. Residents of Gamboru-Ngala
village are said to have taken refuge in Fotokol town in Cameroon.
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