The troops of the Multi National Joint Task Force may have killed a very high ranking member of the Boko Haram sect in the ongoing military operation in the North-East.

It was learnt that the insurgent’s commander whose identity was not revealed was killed in one of the joint raids carried out by Nigerian troops and their counterparts from Chad, Niger and Cameroon.

It was stated that the late commander was one of the top officers to the founder of the Boko Haram sect, Muhammad Yusuf.

The Boko Haram commander was said to have been killed during the battle of Malamfatori

Nigeria’s neighbouring countries are deploying a total of 3,600 troops to the Multi National Joint Task Force to aid the nation’s current onslaught against Boko Haram.

Out of the figure, Chad contributes the largest figure of 2,500 troops while Niger and Cameroon contribute 700 and 400 troops respectively.

It was stated that the insurgent’s top commander was killed in an air raid by helicopter gunships of the Nigerian Air Force involved in the combined operation with ground forces during the fight to reclaim some border towns from the insurgents.

Some of the towns liberated by the soldiers of the Multi National Joint Task Force from Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Cameroon are Gamboru-Ngala, Malamfatori, Abadam, Kirawa and Ashigashiya and Michika.

It was learnt that troops had encircled Gwoza, and were moving against the town which was captured and made part of a caliphate announced by the insurgents last year.

An intelligence personnel said on Thursday that the Nigerian Army also made a big break in the battle against the insurgents by recovering some of the most lethal weapons captured by the Boko Haram fighters when they took over the Baga base of the task force.

The recovered equipment included “a Battle Armoured Tank equipped with comprehensive protective system and maximum firing distance and accuracy with anti-aircraft rotating mount; its fire accuracy is attained by range-finder, ballistic computer with a thermal barrel sleeve.”

Also in the list of the captured items are armoured personnel vehicles, artillery guns, arms and ammunition, and Hilux vehicles.

Our correspondent could not get the Director, Defence Information, Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade, to comment on the development as calls to his mobile telephone line could not connect.

Meanwhile, Boko Haram fighters have shot or burned to death about 90 civilians and wounded 500 in the ongoing fighting in a Cameroonian border town near Nigeria, officials in Cameroon said on Thursday.


http://www.punchng.com/news/soldiers-kill-bharam-commander-recover-lost-weapons/

GOOD NEWS.
CHANGE IS CLOSE.

Best News 4 de week. Kudos 2 de military, I knw dis news is not goin down well with some agents of change.

My respect to the troops.

good news. but no pictures?
this is the unity we have been begging these our neighbors for, ( maybe they wanted to see where all our big mouth will carry us to- d so-called giant of Africa,) thank God that we're now united, with God on our side, BH will soon become a history.

miraclewonder:
good news. but no pictures?
this is the unity we have been begging these our neighbors for, ( maybe they wanted to see where all our big mouth will carry us to- d so-called giant of Africa,) thank God that we're now united, with God on our side, BH will soon become a history.

No nation is truly 'independent'!

This is what am talking about....kill them all, no arrest no trial!!

This means that the best approach has been applied,hence the result.I have always believed that it is not that our military is not well equipped or incapable of dislodging the insurgents but the saboteurs in the military.Thank God that adequate measures have been taken.Thanks to GEJ.

before 7pm what you would see on front-page "Boko haram denies death of commandant"...na me talk am

Yopp

don't spare anyone.kill them all

Ok good job guys kill them all.

Bad news for berem

nice one

Beautiful piece of news.
I won't fail to send my support(moral, spiritual and otherwise) to the soldiers- you guys are the real men, you walk the talk. Yes, you are not the boys who do the surreal, fighting with chinese school children manufactured keyboard typing the emptiness of their brain, mind and soul. You shall find strength, motivation and protection from the almighty, even as you battle these barbarians. Amen. And may the souls of the departed rest in peace. Amen.
Please be your brother's keeper. Do not harbour, entertain or condone a terrorist by your action, inaction, association or propaganda. Life is sacred.

Gallant soldiers

This joint effort is the best way to curb terrorism, as boko haram is now regional.
Also I like the fact that they didn't name the commander, so the useless people won't go and clone him again and say the Nigerian army is telling us lies

#Don't listen to the terrorists

I rather hear a million lies from the nigerian army than hear the truth from some bastards that doesn't care about me.

Good send them all to their 72 virgins in waiting. Soon Nigerian territory will be whole again.




Ekwueme, Okurounmu, Clark Call For Jega’s Resignation, Arrest
Source: http://www.e reporter.com.ng/index.php/political-news/item/3046-ekwueme-okurounmu-clark-call-for-jega-s-resignation-arrest

Pictures or.....

The war is only half the solution. Kudos to NA.

iceberylin:
Pictures or.....

Or wetin?

I hope d weapons with Return to Boko Haram. Passing weapon is cycle way.

Good one

So all these 'sophisticated weapons' were once seized from Nigerian fleeing soldiers, but we were being wrongly informed that our Soldiers were poorly equipped, poorly paid and poorly motivated, you see Nigerians - the confused and unprofessional journalism we get from our apolitical press. GEJ had been blamed for many years for supervising under-equipped military, turning the MINDS of people against their President; not less from this same newspaper called PUNCH. Please for the sake of posterity, let us do right now because what we do today become HISTORY tomorrow. We can all see how the 'perceived evil' of GMB is being used against him in all television adverts everyday. And when he was staging the COUP 30 years ago he thought he was doing the right thing overthrowing the democratic will of Nigerian people. If he had remained a professional Soldier without overthrowing an elected government, history would have been kind to him. Same goes IBB - for cancelling June 12 1993 elections - he could not succeed OBJ in 2007. Well, those that have ears let them hear. May God let history be kind to all of us. God bless the Commonwealth of Nigeria.

Nice one there.

What a good news.

Great

If is true nice work!!!!

black friday for egift and LRNZH

Beautifully splendid.
GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN UNTIL BUHARI PROVE HIS WORTH.

If Nigeria can't handle it alone. It is better the way neighboring countries comes to our aid. Well done to the African team gallant soldiers.

Lest I forget
FeBuhari 14 is here

Nice one