Nigerian troops backed by Airforce fighter aircraft, prosecuting
the war on Boko Haram, killed over about 30 terrorists rescuing 120 hostages. A
statement from Army Headquarters gave details of the operation. The Army
spokesman said, “The clearance operations of the remnants of Boko Haram
terrorists are gaining momentum in the various axis of the theatre especially
in 7 Division area of responsibility.
"Within the last 48 hours, the troops
were able to clear Boko Haram camps, killed several of the terrorists and
recovered vehicles, weapons, equipment and rescued persons. Troops of 121 Task Force Battalion deployed at Pulka came
under attack from suspected Boko Haram terrorists fanning out of Sambisa forest
to escape sustained aerial bombardment by the Nigerian Air Force pilots.
"The
troops successfully repelled the attack by killing 17 Boko Haram terrorists and
also recovered 12 AK-47 rifles, 6 AK-47 rifle magazines, 1 General Purpose
Machine Gun, 1 Browning Machine Gun, grenades, 1 Toyota Hilux vehicle, a 60mm
mortar tube, 4 pieces of 60mm mortar bombs, 1 belt of 12.5mm ammunition and 9
belts of 12.7mm (NATO) ammunition.
"In a related development, another suspected Boko Haram
terrorist, Mallam Abubakar Kime voluntarily handed over himself to troops and
Civilian JTF at Benisheikh, Borno State. “On interrogation he claimed to have
escaped from Kalmari village close to Alagarno forest."
The Nigerian Army is
known for extra judicial killings. To date, no army general have been called to
answer questions regarding these killings. It was the extra judicial murder of
Yusuf in 2009 that snow balled into the current Boko Haram monster we’re facing
today
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