Our Soldiers have Captured 11 More Towns from Boko Haram

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.