The Borno youth vigilantes, commonly called Civilian JTF had Tuesday afternoon refuted ongoing media reports that Boko Haram insurgents have taken over the authority of Bama town.
The group said that on the contrary, it was the insurgents that suffered a huge casualty in the attack, as they lost close to 130 of their members, while 35 others were arrested and are currently in custody.
At a press briefing in Maiduguri, spokesman of the JTF who is also the legal Adviser of the group, Barrister Jibrin Gunda, said: “we categorically refute the statement credited to Senator Ahmed Zanna, the senator representing Borno central on BBC Hausa service that the Boko Haram have capture Bama.
“News has filtered most especially on foreign media to which we want to clearly state that our security personnel are doing their best and yesterday our gallant soldiers successfully repelled the insurgents who attacked Bama and Bama as a town in Borno State has never been overrun or overtaken by the insurgents even for a minute, even as of now, our soldiers are in full control of the town’’ He said.
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