GWOZA RETAKEN

GWOZA RETAKEN.

The Nigerian army says it has retaken the north-eastern

town of Gwoza, believed to be the headquarters of

militant Islamist group Boko Haram.

The insurgents had now been driven from virtually all the

territory they had held, it said.

Some militants were now fleeing towards border areas, the

military said.

News of Gwoza's recapture comes a day before

presidential elections, which were postponed by six weeks

because of the offensive against Boko Haram.

The town,

which was captured by the Boko Haram

insurgents last year and converted into their

caliphate, served as the last vestige of the

terrorists’ stronghold after all the other

captured towns in Borno, Yobe and

Adamawa states were retaken.