More than 24 hours after President Goodluck Jonathan had his campaign rally in Maiduguri, Borno state capital, protocol officials in the Presidency and some State House Correspondents are trapped in the city.

This came about as the dreaded Boko Haram insurgents yesterday made attempted  to overrun Maiduguri.

Jonathan after the rally on Saturday, left Maiduguri for Lagos, while the protocol officials, and some State House correspondents were billed to leave the city for Abuja yesterday.

According to an impeccable source from the Villa, Jonathan's convoy is currently taking refuge at the Department of State Security Service (DSS) in Maiduguri.

One of those trapped in Maiduguri told this reporter in a telephone conversation at yesterday that "we are hiding at the DSS state command with serious fighting going on between the insurgents and security personnel. Security men are battling to repel the insurgents."
Source: http://ereporter.com.ng/index.php/national-news/item/2794-boko-haram-jonathan-s-protocol-trapped-in-maiduguri-after-rally