The Troops of the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army and suspected gunmen of the Boko Haram sect in over two dozens of Toyota Hilux vehicles and motorcycles, clashed Friday morning at the Mainok Village Market in Borno State, resulting in the death 52 terror suspects and nine traders attempting to flee the crossfire that lasted for over half an hour.Mainok is a farming community 60 kilometres west of Maiduguri, the state capital.
According to military sources in Maiduguri who spoke with Guardian news, the gunmen planned to attack the village, which holds its weekly market on Fridays, to “terrorise and extort money and food items from the traders.”
