Civilian Joint Task Force led by Yusuf Baba Idris have battled and displaced an ambush staged by Boko Haram terrorists along Gasarwa and Birmari in Gajiram, the headquarters of Nganzai Local Government Area of Borno State in the northeast region.
Gajiram has an area of 2,467 km sq and a population of 99,799 at the 2006 census, but has remained almost a ghost town since the crises began in 2009 owing to several attacks by Boko Haram insurgents.
However, the town began to have life again with the return of some thousands of people following the liberation of the area by troops of the Nigerian military.
While the IDPs are returning back home, the insurgents continued to attack the area, occasionally displacing both residents and security operatives stationed to protect them.
Casualty figures have also continued to rise on both sides at every occasion of attack.
