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Troops Kill 5 Boko Haram Insurgents, Cleared More Enclaves In Sambisa Forest by iamherry(m): 12:59pm On Mar 01, 2018
The Nigerian Army on Wednesday said its troops killed five Boko Haram insurgents in the ongoing clearance operation in Sambisa Forest.
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Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, the Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Operation Lafiya Dole, said in a statement issued in Maiduguri, that the troops also cleared various enclaves of the insurgents.

Nwachukwu disclosed that the troops under Operation DEEP PUNCH II had cleared insurgents’ hideouts at Agapulawa; Amuda, Nyawa and Attagara in Sambisa Forest.

He said troops killed the five insurgents at Tchikide and Chinene in the Lake Chad region.

Nwachukwu said that two soldiers were killed and two others wounded when an insurgents’ Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) vehicle hit their military vehicle.

He said that the wounded soldiers were evacuated to a military medical facility for treatment.

“In continuation of the “On Tuesday 28, February, 2018; troops successfully cleared and dismantled insurgents’ camps at Agapulawa, Amuda, Nyawa and Attagara in the remaining parts of Sambisa Forest.

“The clearance operations progressed further into other identified insurgents’ camps around Tchikide and Chinene, where the troops ferociously engaged and cleared pockets of resistance by the insurgents and killed five of them,” he said.

According to him, the gallant troops had reorganized and resumed operation and assured Nigerians of the military’s commitments to the successful completion of counter-insurgency operation in the region. (NAN)



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Re: Troops Kill 5 Boko Haram Insurgents, Cleared More Enclaves In Sambisa Forest by charles2044: 1:17pm On Mar 01, 2018
Pictures or I don't believe it?
Re: Troops Kill 5 Boko Haram Insurgents, Cleared More Enclaves In Sambisa Forest by Stemkay: 1:26pm On Mar 01, 2018
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Re: Troops Kill 5 Boko Haram Insurgents, Cleared More Enclaves In Sambisa Forest by horeoluwah: 1:33pm On Mar 01, 2018
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