Boko Haram Continues Rampage In North East, Seizes Baga And Five Other Towns In Borno
Boko Haram now controls Nigerian land space as the military has been pushed back from Baga and neighboring villages in the Lake Chad axis of Northern Borno State, North East Nigeria, multiple sources and fleeing residents say. Sources said there were no more military presence in Baga as they were forced to retreat by the rampaging Boko Haram insurgents who attacked their bases on Wednesday, December 26. Some of the residents of Baga who fled to Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, after last Wednesday's attack told Punch newspaper that the insurgents drove into the area in a large convoy and after several hours of gunfire drove the military away. Abba Masta, one of the fleeing residents of Baga said: “The insurgents, driving in a convoy of more than ten fighter vehicles, used the main road from Kros Kawwa to launch coordinated attacks on the military on Wednesday, December 26. “They overran the Multinational Joint Task Force Headquarters at the outskirts of Baga, a naval fighti