In its effort to curb the activities of Boko Haram, Nigerian military at the weekend rescued over 5, 000 hostages held captive by the terrorists» group while ten terrorists were killed in
several clearance operation in the North East.
Not exact matches
Confirming the rescue of the hostages and
clearance operations in a statement, Col Sani Usman, Acting Director of Army Public Relations said, «Troops of 21 Brigade and Civilian JTF weekend conducted a fighting patrol to Zangebe, Maiwa, Algaiti and Mainari villages in which they killed 6 Boko Haram terrorists and wounded
several others.
«As part of ongoing counter insurgency
operations, the theatre command
Operation Lafiya Dole has been conducting
several clearance as well as cordon and search
operations in urban and rural areas within the theatre.
Troops prosecuting the war against Boko Haram at the weekend intensified
clearance operations of the remnants of Boko Haram terrorists in the North East inflicting heavy damage on their camps and hideouts and killing scores after
several gunshot fights, under the auspices of
Operation -LSB-...]