KANO: Boko Haram militants made a failed Christmas Day attempt to attack Nigeria’s major northeast city of Maiduguri as they were pushed out by Nigerian soldiers after a prolonged gun battle, military and militia sources said. “The terrorists came in several pickups and engaged troops at Molai who fought and repelled the attack with aerial support,” said a senior military officer in Maiduguri. “One of the Boko Haram vehicles infiltrated the middle section of a civilian convoy…and engaged soldiers,” Liman said. Boko Haram reinforcements lurking in the nearby Cashew Plantation and Jiddari Polo areas joined in the battle, Liman added. Security had been tightened in Maiduguri for the Christmas weekend in anticipation of possible Boko Haram attacks.

Source: Pakistan Today December 26, 2017 07:52 UTC