Boko Haram attacks Maiduguri Air Force Base, kills 20 soldiers

Members of the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, on Monday attacked the Maiduguri International Airport and the Composite Group Air Force Base in Maiduguri, where no fewer than 20 military men were killed.

The group also attacked a newly constructed trailer park and residential buildings in the Borno State capital.

The attackers, it was learnt, carried out the carefully planned operations around 3am on Monday.

The militants were said to have planted and detonated multiple Improvised Explosive Devices around the targets.

The sect members were said to have attacked the residential areas not far from the Air Force Base, which forced the military men to come out of the cantonment, giving another group of the suspected terrorists the opportunity to attack the base and other vulnerable targets.

The insurgents were said to have planted IEDs at strategic parts of the airport, which they exploded in the facility said to have been under heavy security protection.