Nigeria army foils Boko Haram attack in Borno

Nigeria’s troops have a foiled a planned Boko Haram attack on a camp of displaced people in the northeastern town of Dikwa, previously targeted by the insurgents, the military said.

Security forces “decisively dealt with the the Islamist fighters and seizing weapons and ammunition.

One soldier and a local vigilante assisting the military in the fight against Boko Haram were killed, he said.