The Nigerian troops guarding the barracks tried to exchange fire with the militants but fled after more militants arrived in the area with heavy firepower ammunition.
Residents and fleeing troops told SaharaReporters that the militants arrived around noon after successfully attacking neighboring towns in an overwhelming attack that began last night.
Meanwhile, members of the same Boko Harm sect is currently carrying out attacks in other locations in Borno and Adamawa states, SaharaReporters have also revealed.
The sect fighters are in Uba and Hildi towns, and other locations in the two states. Residents in the area said there are no Nigerian troops on the ground to repel the militants.
The sect are said to be burning houses, killing and forcefully taking foodstuffs, supplies and other valuables from the villages under attack since morning.
Thousands of villagers have fled the area; while others were reported trapped in the early morning siege mounted by the fighters.
As the time of this report, the sect are said to be heading towards Mubi township in Adamawa. #PrayForThem
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