Looks like the Nigerian soldiers are finally ready to deliver
this time around.
The Director of Defence Information, Maj. Gen. Chris
Olukolade, has said that troops of the Nigerian Army and
personnel of the Air Force have killed over 300 fighters of the
Boko Haram terrorist group.
General Olukolade said in a statement on Wednesday that the
insurgents were killed during a combined operation of the Air
Force and ground forces put in place to liberate 11
communities that were before now captured by the dreaded
Boko Haram sect.
The 11 communities liberated from Shekau and his boys by
the soldiers are:
Monguno, Gabchari, Abba Jabari, Gajigana, Gajiram, Damakar,
Kumaliwa, Bosso Wanti, Jeram and Kabrisungul.
He said troops had commenced a cordon and search
operation in areas involved in the latest operation. He stated
further that some of the terrorists and their weapons were
captured by the troops.
Olukolade also added that the military captured “five different
types of armoured fighting vehicles, an anti-aircraft gun,
about 50 cases of packed bombs and eight different types of
machine guns, five rocket-propelled grenade, 49 boxes of
various types and calibres of ammunition, as well as 300
motorcycles destroyed in the fighting.
He said “a total of 6 Hilux vehicles including those mounted
with anti-aircraft guns were also destroyed."
The Defence spokesman said that two soldiers lost their lives
while ten others were wounded in the encounter with the
terrorists.