Maiduguri — The fate of Mainok, a village on the Maiduguri-Damaturu highway, is hanging in the balance as Nigerian military and Boko Haram insurgents have engaged in a battle for the control of the town.
Mainok, a village about 58 kilometres from Maiduguri, the birthplace of Boko Haram, had suffered its worst attack in September 2014 during which the entire village was razed in an attack by the sect.
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