The Arewa Consultative Forum declared Nigeria's security crisis a full-scale state of war, even as Boko Haram killed six soldiers in a fresh Borno attack.
Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have killed four soldiers and a civilian woman in Mussa community, Askira-Uba, on the same day Nigeria buried a general and troops.
Borno Governor Babagana Zulum on Sunday backed the military's airstrike on Jilli market, declaring that the state closed the site five years ago after identifying it as a hub for insurgents and their supply networks.