The Nigerian military today, 18th Feb, 2014 stated that it had killed over 300 Boko Haram insurgents and captured many others in its ongoing 6 week counter-insurgency operation in affected parts of North Eastern Nigeria reports PREMIUM TIMES.
Chris Olukolade, a Major General and The Defence spokesperson, in a statement mentioned that the massive casualty on the insurgents side was a result of the simultaneous air and land operation in the area in the past two days.
He said several ammunitions and equipment were also captured while some were destroyed during the operation from the dreaded sect.
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| A destroyed armoured tank |
Mr. Olukolade further said five armoured vehicles, 50 cases of packed bombs, one anti-aircraft gun, eight different types of machine guns and five rocket propelled grenade were recovered from the sect after the operation.
Among those destroyed were 49 boxes of various types and calibres of ammunition, six Hilux vehicles, 300 motorcycles, including those mounted with anti-aircraft guns, were destroyed.
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| Some captured fighters |
Gen. Olukolade said the “aggressive” operation by the Nigerian military will continue to ensure that eleven communities –Abba Jabari, Monguno, Gabchari, Zuntur, Gajigana, Gajiram, Bosso Wanti, Damakar, Kumaliwa, Jeram and Kabrisungul currently dominated by the military is cleared of insurgents. Two soldiers died during the operation while Ten others were wounded.
The military had on Monday rumoured that it recaptured Monguno town and other communities from terrorists.
Boko Haram earlier carried out a pre-dawn attack on Monguno town, which is nearly 137 kilometres from the state capital Maiduguri over two weeks ago.
The takeover of Monguno and other communities was believed to have brought Boko Haram closer to Maiduguri but the Nigerian army successfully repelled the insurgents’ attempts to get into Maiduguri.
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