Insurgents Fight With Libyan Weapons – Army

[Shola Sholaz]

The troops deployed to flush out Boko Haram insurgents from Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states, yesterday, encountered intense resistance from sect members who were armed with sophisticated weapons from Libya.
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This came as the National Assembly, yesterday, endorsed the proclamation of a state of emergency in the three states by President Goodluck Jonathan.
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A senior military official told The Guardian of London that "they (Islamist militants) have been putting up fierce resistance and they are very, very well-armed with weapons from Libya."  He said most of the militants who have waged a bloody four-year battle to create an Islamist state had scattered across the semi-desert borders.