Boko Haram Militants Flee Camps in Northeast Nigeria, Army Says

Buratai said, “I want to reassure Nigerians that Nigerian Army is ever determined to succeed in meeting up with the set deadline of defeating Boko Haram terrorists by the end of this year”.

“Army spokesman Colonel S.K Usman said from reports from the frontline, the militants abandoned their camps in Nafari and Gonin Kurmi on getting hints of the approaching Nigerian forces”.

Another source said: ‘We now have a toll of 11 dead, including the two attackers and nine civilians, as well as 29 wounded’.

The village is in the Lake Chad region near the border with Nigeria, where Boko Haram first launched its insurgency six years ago.

The Sunday’s attacks near the town of Mora, in Kanfaleri village, were carried out by two teenage girls. In December 2013, Boko Haram destroyed two helicopter gunships and three fighter jets in northeastern Maiduguri city.

Rescuers have evacuated the wounded to an overwhelmed local hospital, a security source said, adding that 10 people were in “very critical” condition.

One of the blasts targeted the fish market at Baga Sola while the other two occurred at a refugee camp on the outskirts of the city.

Niger, Nigeria, Benin, Cameroon and Chad have agreed to establish an 8,700-strong multinational force to take on the militants, though its formation has been delayed.

Boko Haram’s reign of terror, which has spilled over into neighbouring nations.

Twin suicide blasts yesterday killed at least nine people in far northern Cameroon, a day after 41 died in triple explosions in Chad that were blamed on Boko Haram.

“We have the task of ending the Boko Haram threat across the country”.