When the Boko Haram attacked the 21 Armoured Brigade of the Nigerian Army in the wee hours of Friday 15h, March 2014 , no fewer than 350 people lost their lives.
It was a fierce clash between Boko Haram insurgents and the Special Forces in Maimalari, Maiduguri, Borno State.
Though, it was learnt that the dead included insurgents who attacked the military formation and their members who were held at the biggest detention facility on the premises of the headquarters of the Brigade.
