Nigeria: Borno Gov Speaks On Alleged Bombing of Dam By Insurgents

Governor Kashim Shettima has dispelled speculations on Saturday that a lake in Alau town, a distance of about five km from Maiduguri, had been bombed by Boko Haram insurgents.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that following over-flow of water from the dam, locals of the town had circulated misleading information to the effect that insurgents had destroyed the dam.

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