Breaking: Travellers stranded on Maiduguri-Damaturu highway after Boko Haram attack<\/p>\n
Hundreds of thousands of travellers have been left stranded along the Maiduguri-Damaturu Highway following a Boko Haram attack on a military formation along the route, The Nation has gathered.<\/p>\n
According to reports, passengers traveling from both Maiduguri and Damaturu remain trapped as security forces have blocked the highway from both ends to prevent further incidents.<\/p>\n
An early morning traveller told our correspondent that the attack occurred late Thursday night at the Ngamdu Military Super Camp, located less than 50 kilometres from Damaturu, the Yobe State capital.<\/p>\n
\u201cHundreds of passengers and vehicles are trapped here at the Damaturu exit point en route to Maiduguri. No one knows their fate or when the ever-busy road will be reopened for free movement,\u201d an eyewitness told our correspondent via phone.
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Breaking: Travellers stranded on Maiduguri-Damaturu highway after Boko Haram attack Hundreds of thousands of travellers have been left stranded along the Maiduguri-Damaturu Highway following a Boko Haram attack on a military formation along the route, The Nation has gathered. According to reports, passengers traveling from both Maiduguri and Damaturu remain trapped as security forces have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":148902,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2434,2433,2432],"class_list":{"0":"post-148901","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-others","8":"tag-boko-haram-attack","9":"tag-maiduguri-damaturu-highway","10":"tag-travellers"},"yoast_head":"\n