BREAKING: Insurgents Attack Chibok Community, Dislodge Troops

A village in the Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State was reportedly attacked on Tuesday by terrorists of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP).

Reports reaching Ezenwoko’s Blog at this time revealed that the terrorists stormed the Kautukari community at about 6 pm today shooting randomly as they raided houses.

The assailants are said to also set houses on fire after chasing the residents away with gunfires.

A resident who confirmed the incident to TheCable said the insurgents arrived in the community heavily armed and shooting sporadically.

According to him, soldiers stationed at a military forward operation base (FOB) in Kada, just 2km away from Kautukari, were also dislodged by the terrorists.

It was, however, reported that more troops have been mobilised from the army’s 117 battalions in Chibok town to the area.

Kautukari is 17km away from Chibok town.