According to Punch newspaper, gunshots boomed again in Monguno, Borno State on Monday as troops, backed by fighter jets, launched a major offensive to recapture the city from militant islamist sect, Boko Haram.
“The operation resumed on Monguno this (Monday) morning through air bombardment to dislodge the insurgents,” a Defence Headquarters source told Reuters news agency.
The source made this known as the death toll from the foiled bid by the sect to capture Maiduguri is believed to have risen from 65 to 100.
The sect had launched simultaneous attacks on Maiduguri, Monguno, Kodunga and Gubio on Sunday. While its fighters were repelled in Maiduguri, Gubio and Kodunga, they overran Monguno after soldiers who engaged them in gun battle retreated.
A military barracks in the city was seized and the Brigade commander wounded by the insurgents. Punch further stated that the troops captured a large number of heavy military hardware from the insurgents after a bombardment to retake Monguno on Monday. Photo shows items seized from the terror sect. (Source and Photo credit: The Punch)