Nigeria Army Kills 58 Boko Haram Terrorists

The Nigerian army has dealt another blow to Boko Haram insurgents after troops of 153 Task Force Brigade, 5 Brigade on Monday, March 22, killed 58 terrorist at Musari village.

Motorcycles belonging to the insurgents were set ablaze by troops during the operation.

Disclosing this in a statement made available to Naij.com, the acting director of army public relations, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman stated that the soldiers “recovered 2 hand grenades, 52 motorcycles, several bags of foodstuffs such as beans, onions, sweet potatoes and guinea corn, as well as cartons of fish”during the operation.

He however said a soldier was killed during the encounter with the terrorists. In another operation, the Nigerian army killed one more Boko Haram kingpin at Dalori camp for displaced people on March 20, Sunday. 

The soldiers of 22 Brigade carried out a clearing operation at the IDP camp in which they killed 19 Boko Haram insurgents among whom was the Ameer of Dalori. 

They also recovered two AK-47 rifles, a small machine gun and a hand grenade and recovered four pickup vehicles. The troops also liberated 67 captives from the militants. The freed hostages are undergoing screening at the camp for displaced people in Dikwa. 

Similarly, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has carried out air raids on suspected Boko Haram logistics base situated at Allagarno in Borno state. 

According to Daily Post, the director of public relations and information of the air force, Group Captain Ayodele Famuyiwa, in a release said the attack on the Boko Haram base wa

s carried out on Friday, March 18, 2016. Famuyiwa added that the attack was carried out after careful intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) by the air force unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV).

Source: Naij.com