Military kills wife of Boko Haram factional leader

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The Nigerian Military has said it has killed the wife of a major factional leader of the Boko Haram terrorist group, Mamman Nur.

Deputy Director of Public Relations, Theatre Command Operation Lafiya Dole, Colonel Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement signed by him on Saturday.

Channels tv reports that the statement was a follow up to a press release issued on Friday in which the military claimed Mr Nur was fatally injured by troops in the artillery and aerial bombardments of Boko Haram enclaves in the Lake Chad region.

Colonel Nwachukwu said the wife of the Boko Haram factional leader was killed alongside several other terrorists while about 250 foot soldiers from the Albarnawy camp have surrendered to Nigerien Authorities.

“Many of the insurgents who fled the onslaught are now taking advantage of the ‘amnesty’ offered by the Nigerien government by…



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