ABUJA (Sundiata Post) – The Nigerian military has said it killed 58 of Boko Haram terrorists in the last two days.
The Director of Army Public Relations (DAPR), Col. Sani Usman, in a statement on Tuesday, said the troops of 153 Task Force Brigade, 5 Brigade recorded this success on Monday during an encounter with terrorists at Musari village in Borno State.
During the clearance operations, Usman said, a soldier paid died, while the troops killed 58 terrorists and recovered two hand grenades.
He listed other items recovered to include 52 motorcycles, several bags of foodstuffs such as beans, onions, sweet potatoes and guinea corn, as well as cartons of fish.
In a related development, he said the 29 Task Force Brigade troops have also conducted clearing operations on the remnants of Boko Haram in their area of operations with remarkable success.[pro_ad_display_adzone id=”70560″]
He said: “Within the last two days the units under the Brigade cleared the remnants of Boko Haram terrorists hibernating in the following areas; Abukarti, Baradili, Borgozo, Gaijaribul Abukar, kolomi, Marguba, Umarumi and Yasori 1 and 2.
“The gallant troops also recovered several items including single barrel gun, motorcycles, drums and bags of millet and dead cattle that ran into Improvised Explosive Device (IED) buried by the Boko Haram terrorists.”
Usman also disclosed that the troops detonated an IED in one of the buildings at Yasori 1.
“It was equally discovered that prior to the clearance, the terrorists have also been frequenting Borgozo general area which they used as harbour and staging area when conducting their nefarious activities,” he stated .
