Abuja/maiduguri — -Troops engage insurgents in fierce gun battle

Boko Haram on Saturday attacked three local government areas of Borno State, in audacious attacks barely a day after President Muhammadu Buhari claimed the terrorist group had been massively degraded.

The comments came following an assault on Kolloram village, in Gubio Local Government Area of Borno State, in which 81 residents were killed.

But Boko Haram returned with an attack on another settlement in Gubio Local Government Area, Dunga village, Saturday morning.

It would be recalled that the village, Faduma Kolloram, in Gubio Local Government Area tasted the fury of the terrorists on Tuesday, when Boko Haram accused the villagers of giving intelligence on their positions to the military.

"The Nigerian Army is deeply saddened by the unfortunate incident in which suspected retreating Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists, with a few sleeper cells within communities, ambushed and killed innocent women and children in Faduma Koloram village, Gubio LGA of Borno State.