#BOKO HARAM KILL NIGERIAN SOLDIERS AT VIMTIM HOME OF NIGERIA CHIEF OF DEFENSE STAFF NEAR MUBI ADAMAWA STATE!
An eyewitness said the insurgents ambushed the troops who were detailed to watch after the country home of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Air Chief Marshall Alex Badeh, in the village.
He said a fierce battle ensued between the insurgents and the Nigerian troops for the control of Vimtim, adding that in the bid to capture the hometown of the CDS, the insurgents deployed many of their members against the soldiers.
The troops were able to regroup and were on top of the situation, he further disclosed.
However, owing to Mubi’s proximity to Vimtim, the commercial city was enveloped with fear. On sighting the fleeing soldiers, residents panicked and began to run for their dear lives.
The attack on Vimtim occurred less than 48 hours after the troops defeated the terrorists in Michika and forced others to flee.
But some 300 insurgents were said to have regrouped following the defeat they suffered in Michika and launched an offensive against the troops in Vimtim.
A source in Mubi said the some of the dead and injured soldiers were taken to the Mubi specialist hospital.
Another resident of Mubi said he was forced to flee the area as a result of the massive casualties recorded by the Nigerian troops, which forced many of them to retreat following the onslaught by Boko Haram.
The source added that the soldiers told him that several of their colleagues had been captured by the insurgents, while some dead soldiers who could not be evacuated from Vimtim were left behind. thisdaylive.com
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