Troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) have killed scores of Boko Haram and the Islamic States West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in the ongoing clearance operations around the Lake Chad region.
This comes as over 1000 Boko Haram fighters and their families have continued to surrender to the Nigerian Military.
The MNJTF spokesman Muhammad Dole disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Ndjamena, Chad.
According to Mr Dole, the “renewed vigour and resilience” of the forces to flush out the remnants of the terrorists around the fringes of the Lake Chad region had continued to yield positive results.
He added that the troops of Sector 3 in Monguno repelled an ambush by the terrorists while conducting routine patrols along Gajiram general areas in the Gambari axis.
According to him, the troops killed four insurgents while many fled with gunshot wounds during the encounter. One soldier was said to be injured in the attack.
The News Agency of Nigerian (NAN) quoted MNJTF spokesperson as saying, “The items recovered are three AK47 rifles, 10 (7.62mm) special rounds, one 3HG, one magazine carrier, assorted drugs, and one hair comb, among other items,” said Mr Dole. “During his recent familiarisation and operational visits to sectors levels, the Force Commander of MNJTF, Maj.-Gen. Abdul-Khalifah Ibrahim, charged the troops to maintain the tempo and adopt an aggressive posture in dealing with insurgents to deny them freedom of action.”
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