The Defence Headquarters, yesterday, said the military killed over 300 Boko Haram terrorists and liberated 11 communities in the north east zone in the last two days. The Special Forces prosecuting the war on terrorism liberated the communities in seven local government areas out of the eight hitherto attacked by Boko Haram

Nigerian soldiers having A parade before engaging boko haram fighters

terrorists in Adamawa State.

The local government areas fully liberated so far are Mubi North, Mubi South, Hong, Gombi, Maiha, Ganye and Michika while the only local government yet to be fully liberated is Madagali. About 30 civilians were also killed when an unidentified aircraft dropped a bomb on a Nigerian border village, military sources based nearby in Niger said yesterday.

Two military officials in the town of Bosso, where soldiers from Chad and Niger are massed in preparation for operations against Boko Haram, said the incident occurred in a village across the border in the Abadam area of Borno State. “We don’t know whose plane it was. We understand that the victims are residents who were gathered for a ceremony but were mistaken for terrorists. Around 30 people perished,” said a military source.

This was even as the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, said it had set up a committee to carry out assessments and determine the immediate needs of people displaced by insurgency who were returning to their communities after the restoration of peace and order by the military.

300 terrorists killed

However, in a statement signed by the Director of Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade, five different types of armoured vehicles, an anti-aircraft gun as well as 50 cases of packed bombs were recovered during the operation which led to the death of two soldiers and the wounding of 10 others.

The statement entitled, “Terrorists incurred heavy casualties in the two days of military operations to clear 11 communities,” read: “Mopping up operation of some of the communities where terrorists have been cleared in the course of ongoing air and land operations against terrorists has indicated massive casualty inflicted on them within the last two days of the counter terrorists operations.

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