Maiduguri – The Nigerian Army said on Wednesday that its troops killed 186 Boko Haram insurgents in the ongoing clearance operation in Sambisa Forest and Lake Chad region in the past one month.
Maj.-Gen. Rogers Nicholas, the Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, said this when he briefed newsmen at the Military Command and Control Centre, Maimalari Cantonment, Maiduguri.
Rogers said that the military was conducting Operation DEEP PUNCH II along side Operation RUWAN WUTA 3 of the Air Force component to clear remnants of the insurgents.
He said that the operations had yielded positive results, decimated and degraded the insurgents.
Rogers disclosed that troops destroyed and took total control of the insurgents tactical ground ‘CAMP ZAIRO” and its environs.
He added that several insurgents were either killed while some surrendered, adding that high calibre ammunition…
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