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Nigeria’s Maiduguri Under Curfew After Boko Haram Attack
In this file photo taken Wednesday, April 8, 2015, Nigerian Soldiers man a check point in Gwoza, Nigeria, a town newly liberated from Boko Haram. (AP Photo/Lekan Oyekanmi,File)
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (BBC) — Streets are deserted with markets, schools and hospitals shut in the densely populated city, reports say.
The army said the lockdown was ordered to protect lives and property.
Troops and vigilantes fought off the militants on Tuesday evening as they tried to enter Maiduguri, residents told the BBC.
This was their most serious attempt to enter the city since the military declared in March that it had recaptured all urban areas from Boko Haram, says BBC Nigeria analyst Aliyu Tanko.
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