Nigeria, June 19 -- Local sources, who spoke to PREMIUM TIMES, said over 500 insurgents attacked the naval base at the Lake Chad Fish Dam from about 2 a.m. until daytime, initially overpowering naval personnel at the base.

However, reinforcements from Baga, a town in the local government areas, subdued the insurgents with land bombardments and airstrikes.

The local sources could not specify the number of insurgents killed but said they had been seen evacuating the bodies of their dead comrades in batches using local boats.

"Over 500 of them came. It was an ambitious attack, likely to take over the base. But, God so kind, they were not allowed. Later, we saw some of them packing the bodies in local boats," the source, who didn't want to...