FILE PHOTO: Nigerian military prepare to cordon the area where a man was killed by suspected militants during an attack around Polo area of Maiduguri, Nigeria February 16, 2019. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde/File Photo
ABUJA/MAIDUGURI, Reuters (Reuters) - When Islamic State gunmen stormed the northeast Nigerian town of Magumeri on the night of August 21, they had free rein.
Nigerian soldiers had left the town earlier that month under a new strategy of withdrawing to "super camps" that can be more easily defended against insurgents the army has been struggling to contain for a decade.
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