Despite using grenades, rocket propellers and improvised bombs to battle Nigerian soldiers in multiple attacks in Maiduguri, 24 Boko Haram militants died in the counter attack by the Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order (ORO).
The militants carried out the attacks Monday night and early Tuesday, virtually locking down the Nigerian north eastern city that has been the epicenter of the Boko haram insurgency against the Nigerian government.
The persistent gunfire and multiple blasts kept the frightened residents of the neighborhood of Gwange indoors.