Nigerian Army Kills 300 Boko Haram Members in 2 days, recaptures 11 Borno communities

Boko Haram members are on the run as the military has con­tinued to record great successes in the operation to flush out Boko Haram in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states.

In a two-day sustained onslaught, the military re­captured 11 communities in Borno State earlier occupied by insurgents. About 300 ter­rorists were killed and many others captured. Arms and ammunition were also recov­ered.
Revealing the military’s successful operation, Major General Chris Olukolade, di­rector, Defence Information, in a statement yesterday, said with the recapture of the com­munities, the military is now doing mop up “operation of some of the communities, where terrorists have been cleared in the course of on­going air and land operations against terrorists.”
According to him, the flushing out of Boko Haram in communities insurgents earlier took over has resulted in “massive casualty inflicted on them within the last two days of the counter terrorists operations,” adding: “Over 300 terrorists were killed, while a few were also cap­tured. Several weapons and equipment were also recov­ered and some destroyed.”
Listing what was recov­ered from Boko Haram, in the operations, General Olu­kolade stated that they in­clude “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 grenades, 49 boxes of various types and calibres of ammunition as well as 300 motorcycles destroyed in the fighting.”
He also revealed that six Hilux vehicles, “including those mounted with anti-aircraft guns were also de­stroyed.”
He disclosed that two sol­diers lost their lives, while 10 others were wounded in the operation.
The defence spokesman said the military was now en­gaging in the search of the re­captured communities, “with aggressive patrols by troops who are now dominating the cleared communities, such as Monguno, Gabchari, Abba Jabari, Zuntur, Gajigana, Ga­jiram, Damakar, Kumaliwa, Bosso Wanti, Jeram and Ka­brisungul.”
He revealed that various phases of the “highly coordi­nated air and land operations are also ongoing in the desig­nated theaters being handled by contingents involved in the renewed counter-terrorism campaign in and outside Ni­geria.”
The military had asked for some weeks to flush out Boko Haram from the country, hav­ing got the cooperation of Ni­ger Republic, Chad and Cam­eroun that donated troops and also involved in the military operations.