Boko Haram recaptures Marte in Borno
May 16, 2015
The Boko Haram terrorist group on Friday recaptured Marte, a border town in the northern part of Borno State.
Security sources said members of the terrorist group, who fled Sambisa forest, had now regrouped in Marte.
Borno State Deputy Governor, Alhaji
Zannah Mustapha, also confirmed the recapture of the town by Boko Haram
terrorists during a press conference in Maiduguri.
“It is sad as we have been made to
understand that Marte is today (Friday) completely fallen under the
control of the insurgents, which to us is a very huge setback,” he said.
Mustapha raised the alarm that 600 women
and girls had been dispatched by the terrorists as suicide bombers with
the aim of causing multiple explosions in Maiduguri.
The deputy governor urged residents to
be patient with the security agencies in spite of the attendant
hardships caused by the dusk to dawn curfew imposed on Maiduguri.
He
said, “It is unfortunate that we are experiencing yet another attack in
Maiduguri at this time that we are thinking that the insurgency should
have subsided following the taking over of Sambisa forest by the
military.
“Our thinking was that every other place
should have been blocked so that the insurgency would be curtailed to a
restricted area, but that has not been the case because the insurgents
have been fleeing to other communities.
“Initially, we were opposed to the
suggestion by the military, but when we received a security report that
about 600 women have been kitted as suicide bombers and are to be
sneaked into Maiduguri during the attack, couple with the gory pictures
of some of the women who detonated themselves during the attacks, we had
no option than to okay the curfew.
“But the curfew has been relaxed from
noon to about 5pm to ease the hardship and afterwards it may be
reviewed. Our government is going to do everything possible by
supporting the military to ensure that Maiduguri and other parts of
Borno State are not attacked or taken over by the insurgents.”
The capture of Marte happened as
soldiers sustained the 24-hour curfew imposed on Maiduguri, the Borno
state capital on Thursday after Boko Haram terrorists attempted an
invasion of the city on Wednesday night.
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