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The Nigerian military, with the support of forces from the Lake Chad Basin Commission, is reported to be currently battling the Boko Haram terrorists in a determined bid to retake Damasak, a border town between Nigeria and Niger Republic.

The PRNigeria, quoting military sources, said that the battle for the town is being championed by Nigerian troops in conjunction with the Multinational Joint Task Force (MJTF) contrary to reports in foreign media that the strategic border town has been recaptured by Chadian and Nigerien military.

According to the report, Damasak is one of the boisterous border towns of Borno State where farm produce like beans, pepper and tomatoes are produced in commercial quantities. It is close to Diffa in Niger Republic and was seized by the terrorists in November last year as part of Boko Haram campaign to create an illusory caliphate.

The militants attacked Damasak and Ashigarchi towns in Mobbar local government area of Borno in their hundreds killing over 50 persons in Damasak alone on November 15, 2014.

The sect members drove in Hilux vans and motor bikes into the town burning vehicles, houses and forcing hundreds of residents to flee to the Cameroonian borders.

Top security and military sources confirmed to PRNigeria that the ongoing battle, which commenced hours ago, put a lie to reports last week that the town was recaptured by forces of a foreign country collaborating in the Multinational Joint Task Force.

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/military-battles-boko-haram-for-border-town-of-damasak/204150/

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Victory to our soldiers by Fire in Jesus Name.

Chad are liars they claimed to have liberated damasark..Does this mean chad are liars? Are chad bokoharam as suggested by a nairalander? So the chadian incomptent army has been decieving us all along.This country has been dishing out propaganda no wonder they left to cammeron

No matter what happens our millitary will crush both boko haram and chadian forces if they are backing that evil sect.

ozoigbondu:
Chad are liars they claimed to have liberated damasark..Does this mean chad are liars? Are chad bokoharam as suggested by a nairalander? So the chadian incomptent army has been decieving us all along.This country has been dishing out propaganda no wonder they left to cammeron

No matter what happens our millitary will crush both boko haram and chadian forces if they are backing that evil sect.

Nigeria will deal with chad at the given time. Let's clean up our boko haram mess for now.