The gunmen, according to residents, arrived in pickups and
engaged soldiers in the base just outside the village in a heavy shootout.
The soldiers who were apparently outgunned retreated.
The insurgents then took over the base which they looted and
set on fire.
It was gathered that the soldiers moved to a military base
40 kilometres away.
24 hours earlier, Boko Haram fighters riding on motorcycles
stormed Abbati, a farming community outside Maiduguri, killing seven men.
They also stole 360 livestock.
Two of the seven people killed were captured and forced to
lead the invaders to the community.
They were thereafter shot dead.
The remaining five victims were the owners of the cattle
herds.
The victims were killed after they confronted the
terrorists with bows and arrows.
This news was first published on THE NATION
