Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Chris Olukolade
Soldiers have killed no fewer than 103 suspected members of the Boko Haram terrorist group in two different attacks in Borno State.
A verbalization posted on the Defence Headquarters official website, defence.info.mil.ng, verbalized that 50 insurgents were killed in the clash with troops at Miyanti and Bulungu when their makeshift camps were raided.
It integrated that troops discovered a fuel dump utilized by the insurgents.
Some of the terrorists’ conveyances and seven motorcycles were additionally eradicated by the troop during the raid.
The defence ascendant entities withal verbalized that the soldiers withal captured 15 rifles, 11 machine guns, hundreds of ammunition from the insurgents.
The verbal expression integrated that men of the Multinational Joint Task Force killed 53 insurgents in another encounter at Duguri near the nation’s border with Niger Republic.
According to the verbalization, 18 rifles, five general purport machine guns, 25 hand grenades and materials for making Improvised explosive contrivances were recuperated in the second attack.
However, two soldiers lost their lives in the clash while five others sustained different degrees of injuries.
The verbalization verbalized troops withal apprehended 15 terror suspects in Abuja and recuperated seven pistols, swords and other perilous materials from them.
The defence ascendant entities, however, verbally expressed that the operations to track the armed gangs would be sustained.
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