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Boko Haram attacks Bukawa Military Base, scores killed

The dreaded Insurgency group, Boko Haram in the early hours of Wednesday attacked the Bukawa Military Base in Maiduguri, Borno state killing scores of Nigerian troops and looting military hardwares.

Sources say that the attack which caught the army by surprise saw the militants carting away some Armoured Personnel Carriers, (APC), Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPG’s) and other military hardwares.

The army recorded some unspecified number of casualties while scores were captured by the insurgents and taken as “prisoners of war”.

Ben Idah

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