HAPPENING NOW: Nigerian Troops In Heavy Gun Battle With Boko Haram In Bita Town, Borno

 

There is heavy fighting going on at strategic  Bita town near Gwoza in Borno state  between Boko Haram and the Military.

 

The fighting that started last night when insurgents in an attempt to capture Gwoza attacked a military facility at Bita where they met a stiff resistatnce from the army, went on throughout Monday night and continued Tuesday morning.

 

The fight was said to have forced the military to deploy fighter jets from Yola to support ground troops who were being overwhelmed.

 

 A source  close to the ongoing war said the quick response by the jets was a big relief to the troops.

 

Gwoza is one of the Borno towns recaptured from the militants, and some of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from the area returned there recently on the assurance that normalcy had been restored to the area.