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Nigerian security forces repelled an attack by Boko Haram insurgents on Biu, Borno State, on Wednesday, killing several of the insurgents, witnesses and a security source said.
Several dozen fighters belonging to the Boko Haram sect drove into Biu in pick-up trucks and on motorcycles, witness Yahaya Mshelliza told Reuters by telephone.
“They came shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ (God is greatest) and shooting everywhere, but confronted by the soldiers for three hours, most them were killed,” Mshelliza said.
“At the moment only three escaped into the bush and are being pursued by the soldiers.”
A security source confirmed the events but had no further details.
Growing insecurity linked to sect is a major issue for President Goodluck Jonathan a month before polls in which he faces a rival, Muhammadu Buhari, who was seen as tough on security when he was a military ruler in the 1980s.
The military did not immediately respond to a request for comment on what was the second attack on a major town by Boko Haram militants in the past two weeks.
...culled from The Nation
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