Air, ground operation stops Boko Haram in Gombe

A combination of air and ground operation,
yesterday, repelled Boko Haram fighters who
invaded Gombe even as it emerged that the
fighters wanted to divert the military’s attention
due to sustained bombardments of their camps.
A tweet from Defence Headquarters handle
confirmed the attack and the military overcoming
it. “The terrorists attack on Gombe has been
repelled. Troops are in pursuit”, the brief tweet
stated.
Security sources told Sunday Vanguard that the
fighters were desperately seeking other places to
set up camps as they were being pursued from
their camps in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states.
In the last few weeks, Boko Haram camps in the
states, close to the borders with neighbouring
countries, have been under intense pressures from
Nigerian troops in cooperation with their
counterparts, from the Multinational Joint Task
Force (MNJTF).
Some of the camps have been destroyed. And as
they could no longer enter Cameroon and Niger so
easily, they are moving southwards, the sources
confirmed.
Eye witnesses said the militants attacked soldiers
at the security checkpoints at the edge of the town
and forced their way into the quarter guard of the
301 Artillery Regiment.
The quarter guard was burned but they could not
proceed into the main barracks which is a little far
off.