Families and non-military staff residing in two major
military barracks in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, are being evacuated
after Islamist insurgents dropped letters announcing their plan to take the
most important city in Nigeria’s northeast region. The letters were dropped at
the gates of Giwa and Maimalari military barracks as well as different parts of
the city of Maidugur
Several soldiers also told SaharaReporters that some of their
colleagues had fled the barracks after the letters were circulated amongst
military personnel yesterday. A military officer at Defense Headquarters in
Abuja said he was not aware of any desertions.
The letter detailing the planned attack on Maiduguri was
written in the Hausa language. It specifies that Boko Haram’s unpredictable
leader, Abubakar Shekau, planned to personally lead insurgent fighters to
attack Maimalari, the more formidable of the two barracks, and to fight to the
death as a martyr.
“Soldiers are moving their wives and children out because
they should not be there if a battle begins,” a security source said.
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