{"id":53471,"date":"2014-08-22T16:04:16","date_gmt":"2014-08-22T13:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=53471"},"modified":"2014-08-22T16:04:16","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T13:04:16","slug":"boko-haram-attack-takes-control-police-training-school-northeastern-nigeria-africa-news-53471","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/boko-haram-attack-takes-control-police-training-school-northeastern-nigeria-africa-news-53471\/","title":{"rendered":"Boko Haram Attack: Boko Haram Takes Control of Police Training School in Northeastern Nigeria \/ Africa News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Local residents in northeastern Nigerian town of Liman Kara have said that Boko Haram militants have taken full control of a police training school in the area on Thursday after a fierce gun battle.<\/h1>\n

Witnesses in Borno State said the militants arrived in the Liman Kara police training college near the town of Gwoza in amour vehicles and engaged troops inside the college in a gun battle.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Local reporters say the militants have been in control of Gwoza since the beginning of August and the military has been struggling to push them out of the town.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

New Police recruit inside the college were said to have failed to stand the fire power of the militants and the residents of town-Liman Kara said they saw the police recruits running from the college after the attack began, leaving the entire training academy for the militants to take control.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

A senior police spokesman confirmed the attack to the BBC African Service but failed to give further details on the incident.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Earlier this week, a group of about 40 soldiers refused to fight Boko Haram, saying they are too poorly equipped to take on the heavily armed militants.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Boko Haram insurgency since 2009 has killed thousands of people and rendered dozen others homeless across north-eastern Nigeria.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Sahara Reporters newspaper reported that several hundred militants were involved in the raid on the police training school. The school is said to have more than 290 police recruits. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Boko Haram has stepped up its attacks ever since it abducted the Chibok schoolgirls in April which sparked an international outrage. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

An international rescue operation is still being carried out by the US and its allies to be able to locate and free the abducted schoolgirls.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre and the Norwegian Refugee Council has said that more than 3,300 people have been killed by Boko Haram this year alone. Political analysts say this the worse year for Nigeria since Boko Haram began its campaign in 2009.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

President Goodluck Jonathan has said that he would use force to eliminate Boko Haram from Nigeria to bring back the peace the country enjoyed previously. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

But this promise has yielded no results as Boko Haram still attack when and where they like without any resistance from government troops.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

President Jonathan is currently seeking an approval of a loan agreement worth $1bn from parliament to help the military fight Boko Haram.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Issaka Adams \/ NationalTurk Africa News<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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