DUSK-TO-DAWN CURFEW ON THE NORTHEAST TOWN OF MAIDUGURI - NIGERIA
ilitary says dusk-to-dawn curfew to protect lives of civilians after Boko Haram attack kills at least nine people.
The Nigerian army has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on the northeastern town of Maiduguri in the aftermath of a Boko Haram attack on the city, the military has said in a statement.
"In view of the recent development within Maiduguri metropolis a 24-hour curfew is hereby imposed in the city," Colonel Tanko Gusau, Nigeria's army spokesman, said in the statement on Thursday.
"This is done to protect lives and properties of innocent and law-abiding people of Maiduguri," the statement read.
Boko Haram fighters launched an attack on the city but were repelled by Nigerian troops after intense clashes, residents and the army said. Sources told the AFP news agency at least three soldiers, six vigilantes and dozens of Boko Haram fighters were killed in the clashes that ensued in the city.
"The terrorists suffered serious casualties," he said, without specifying a figure, adding that 12 vigilantes were injured by the shrapnel of the detonated bombs.
Dozens of rebels armed with heavy guns and rocket-propelled grenades stormed the northern outskirts of the city near Giwa military base, shooting and firing explosives indiscriminately, local witnesses told the AFP agency.
The Nigerian army has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on the northeastern town of Maiduguri in the aftermath of a Boko Haram attack on the city, the military has said in a statement.
"In view of the recent development within Maiduguri metropolis a 24-hour curfew is hereby imposed in the city," Colonel Tanko Gusau, Nigeria's army spokesman, said in the statement on Thursday.
"This is done to protect lives and properties of innocent and law-abiding people of Maiduguri," the statement read.
Boko Haram fighters launched an attack on the city but were repelled by Nigerian troops after intense clashes, residents and the army said. Sources told the AFP news agency at least three soldiers, six vigilantes and dozens of Boko Haram fighters were killed in the clashes that ensued in the city.
"The terrorists suffered serious casualties," he said, without specifying a figure, adding that 12 vigilantes were injured by the shrapnel of the detonated bombs.
Dozens of rebels armed with heavy guns and rocket-propelled grenades stormed the northern outskirts of the city near Giwa military base, shooting and firing explosives indiscriminately, local witnesses told the AFP agency.
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