Gunmen had last week invaded the town, shooting sporadically.
The Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), formerly known as Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād, has claimed that its fighters killed two policemen during an attack on a checkpoint in Magumeri Local Government Area of Borno State.
Gunmen had last week invaded the town, shooting sporadically.
ISWAP in a post sighted by SaharaReporters on Tuesday claimed responsibility for the attack.
The group added that its men also burnt down a police vehicle.
Since the death of JAS leader, Abubakar Shekau, ISWAP has been consolidating its grip in locations around Lake Chad.
The sect’s membership has swollen with the defection of hundreds of Boko Haram fighters under Shekau.
The Nigerian Army has repeatedly claimed that the insurgency has been largely defeated.
Meanwhile, the terrorists have caused the death of thousands of people and displacement of millions of others mainly in Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe states.