Boko Haram killed two of my nephew in Bama - Nigerian Senator

A Nigerian Senator, Khalifa Zanna, said that Islamist terrorist group, Boko Haram, today overran Bama, his hometown and local government area. 

Senator Zanna told SR today that the sect overwhelmed Nigerian troops, took over Bama and had been driving around in armored tanks and military pickup in the second largest town in Borno State. Continue..

 The senator stated that the insurgents killed two of his nephews named Babagana Mala Zanna, 28, and Yusuf Mala Zanna, 20, after finding them in his brother’s house in Bama early this morning.

Mr. Zanna’s assertion tallies with the reports from fleeing residents who told SR that Bama fell to the militants last night.

The Nigerian military has not given further updates apart from a tweet last night that it was “repelling the terrorists”. Senator Zanna also said there were significant civilian deaths from the fierce firefight that lasted five hours between Nigerian troops and Boko Haram militants.