A spokesman for Nigerian forces in northeastern Borno state, which lies at the heart of a four-year-old Islamist insurgency, said the Islamists crept into the town of Damboa in the early hours of Saturday.

They killed five worshippers at a mosque as they said their morning prayers, he said.

"While they were unleashing their mayhem, troops ... engaged the terrorists, killing 15 in the process while others fled," the military spokesman, Captain Aliyu Danja, said in a statement obtained by Reuters.

The military often gives significantly higher casualty figures for insurgents than for its own men, and it is usually not possible to verify them independently.

Despite a concerted military offensive meant to crush Boko Haram since May, it remains the biggest security threat to Africa's top energy producer.

Its targets have traditionally been security forces, Christians or Muslim clerics who speak out against it, but its fighters have increasingly turned their sights on civilians in the past few months - massacring hundreds in roadside attacks or assaults on Western-style schools they consider sacrilegious.

Nigerian fighter jets last week bombed camps belonging to suspected Islamist militants in northeast Nigeria in response to a massacre of students at an agricultural college that killed at least 41.

(Reporting by Ibrahim Mshelizza; writing by Tim Cocks; editing by Tom Pfeiffer)

killuminati: If to say na church dem attack now, awon oloshi go don dey type rubish out of hatred. RIP to the innocent dead!

If to say na church dem attack now, awon oloshi go don dey type rubish out of hatred. RIP to the innocent dead!

killuminati: If to say na church dem attack now, awon oloshi go don dey type rubish out of hatred. RIP to the innocent dead!

killuminati: If to say na church dem attack now, awon oloshi go don dey type rubish out of hatred. RIP to the innocent dead!

killuminati: If to say na church dem attack now, awon oloshi go don dey type rubish out of hatred. RIP to the innocent dead!

First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a communist;Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist;Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist;Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew;Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak out for me.”

Ngwakwe: Tell them to stay away from churches.

You should have asked if there is any one Church standing. From another report, the Arch Bishop of Maiduguri lamented that Boko Haram insurgents have attacked and burnt down 50 out of 52 Catholic Cathedrals in the State Capital.

killuminati: If to say na church dem attack now, awon oloshi go don dey type rubish out of hatred. RIP to the innocent dead!

CaptainPlanet: Fifteen suspected Boko Haram and five residents were yesterday killed in a fresh attack by the insurgents on the sleepy town of Damboa in Borno State.
Some suspected Boko Haram insurgents were said to have invaded Damboa, a small community about 87 kilometres away from Maiduguri, the state capital, in the early hours of yesterday while Muslim worshippers were observing their early morning prayers (Subhui) in the mosque.
A statement signed by the acting spokesman of the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Maiduguri, Captain Aliyu Danja on behalf of the General Commanding Officer (GOC), said the insurgents sneaked into the sleepy town at about 4.30am on Saturday."The terrorists whose strength is unknown sneaked into the town at about 4.30am, attacked worshippers in a mosque and killed five of them who came to say their morning prayers,"Danja stated.
He said the attackers set ablaze the District Head (Hakimi) Palace, his house and some shops around the area, adding that soldiers from the 7 Division intercepted the insurgents while the attack was going on, and subsequently engaged them in a shootout, killing 15 of the attackers, adding that some of the attackers "fled in disarray."
Items recovered from the insurgents, according to the spokesman, include one rocket propelled grenade tube, two Rocket Propelled Grenade Bombs, five AK 47 rifles, a pick up van and assorted ammunition.
"The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 7 Division Nigerian Army wishes to thank the general public for their resilience and efforts in providing timely and useful information to security agencies," he said, even as he urged the people to be security conscious by "reporting any movement of unknown person/persons within their localities to the nearest army or security agencies."
He also reassured the people of the commitment of the Nigerian Army to bring the insurgency to an end.

lynpetra: Source please.I don't believe this shittt!Besides even if its the truth,they shud continue killing themselves.Runs wey man make must surely kill am.

lynpetra: Source please.I don't believe this shittt!Besides even if its the truth,they shud continue killing themselves.Runs wey man make must surely kill am.

killuminati: If to say na church dem attack now, awon oloshi go don dey type rubish out of hatred. RIP to the innocent dead!

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gerald09: Wow! If Boko haram is killing the christians in the North who is killing the Muslims in the North. This is 1 terrorist group that has lost what it is to be human. It means if u are Nigerian you will be killed. Am guess our african neighbours are killing our people. After killing these people I fink it time our agencies start doing background checks. Dat way dey connect d dots.