A faction of Boko Haram insurgents early morning on Saturday, the day Nigeria goes to poll elect president and senators, attacked on Maiduguri metropolis.
However, the insurgents were repelled by Nigerian army.
“The situation seems to have been contained by the Nigerian troops. Hopefully people will be assured to go out and cast their votes,” said Ahmad Salkida, a journalist known to have the knowledge, to a large extent, on the workings of the different factions Boko Haram in Nigeria’s northeast.