Nigerian Army have revealed that it killed 10 Boko Haram terrorists and rescued over 5,000 hostages.
In a statement issued by the Acting Director of Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, disclosed that the troops of 7 Division Garrison Rapid Deployment Force (RDF) II in conjunction with some personnel of Mobile Police Force and Civilian JTF also carried out clearance operations on Boko Haram terrorists at Masu Yiwa, Ladin Buta, Bazaka, Kesa Gala, Tabla, Fahinde, Shirori, Gizina, Maska Aribe, Maska and Maska Lawanti villages in Mafa Local Government Council of Borno State. Usman added that the troops encountered Boko Haram terrorists at Maska Lawanti where they killed two insurgents and recovered two motorcycles during the clearance operations.
He, however, said that the patrol team lost one member of Civilian JTF, while a soldier and one mobile policeman were wounded.
“The corpse of the heroic Civilian JTF and the wounded soldier as well as his police counterpart have since been evacuated to Maiduguri, Borno State capital. “We wish to state that those wounded are in stable condition and responding to treatment, while we commiserate with the families of the departed Civilian JTF member.
The statement noted that arms, ammunition and logistic equipment in large quantities were recovered from the terrorists.
In an earlier operation, a joint patrol team of Sector One of 27 Task Force Brigade and Army Headquarters Strike Group cleared the dreaded terrorists’ enclaves in Buhari, Matari and Kaidiri villages in Borno State.
Colonel Usman explained that the remnants of the terrorists at Kaidiri, on sighting the patrol team chickened out and withdrew in disarray into Niger Republic with gunshot wounds.
He added that the troops pursued them and got two Boko Haram terrorists while they recovered seven motorcycles and borehole equipment from them.
