Troops repel ISWAP attack in Konduga as heavy gunfire rocks Borno community

Troops of Operation Hadin Kai connected Thursday nighttime engaged suspected fighters of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) pursuing an attempted onslaught connected Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State.

Security sources told Zagazola Makama that the insurgents attempted to infiltrate the country astatine astir 11:15 p.m., prompting a swift effect from troops stationed successful the axis.

Residents reported proceeding sustained gunfire arsenic soldiers confronted the attackers successful what witnesses described arsenic a fierce exchange.

“There person been dense sounds of gunshots arsenic the soldiers prosecute the terrorists. We are proceeding the sounds astir Dalori,” a root successful the country said.

Konduga, locating astir 35 kilometres from Maiduguri, remains 1 of the cardinal frontline communities successful the ongoing counter-insurgency operations against Boko Haram and ISWAP owed to its proximity to the Sambisa forest.

As of the clip of filing this report, the speech of gunfire betwixt the troops and the insurgents was inactive ongoing, with information forces continuing efforts to repel the attackers.

Troops repel ISWAP onslaught successful Konduga arsenic dense gunfire rocks Borno community