Boko Haram Attacks Home Of New COAS
family home of Nigeria’s new army chief, in a village in the northeast
of the country on Tuesday, a policeman, military source and witnesses
said.
At least two people were killed and eight injured in Buratai in Borno
State, resident Adamu Talba and the military source said, but the
Chief of Army Staff, Major General Tukur Buratai, was not present at
the time of the attack in the early hours.
Boko Haram has waged a deadly campaign to carve out a state adhering
to strict Islamic law in Nigeria’s northeast for the past six years.
After being pushed out of most of the territory they gained earlier
this year, the group scattered and returned to attacking soft targets.
President Muhammadu Buhari has made ending the insurgency his priority
and discussed how to tackle it during his first trip to Washington to
meet President Barack Obama.
Reuters.
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