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Troops overrun 4 more Boko Haram camps

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9 years ago

September 15, 2015

Nigerian troops have continued to gain more grounds in their fight against Boko Haram insurgency as they have taken over four more enclaves of the sect.

In the process, scores of women and children who were abducted the sect , were on Monday rescued by the troops.

Colonel Sani Usman, acting Director, Army Public Relations, said in a statement that Nigerian troops advancing to clear all known Boko Haram terrorists camps towards Banki, Kumshe axis and Bama axis have cleared four more camps.

“They were able to clear the terrorists’ camp at Bolungu 1 and 2, Bula Doye and Cheehi Dare and secured a very important bridge linking the towns of Miyanti and Banki in Borno State.

“The gallant troops also rescued dozen of kidnapped women and children held captive by Boko Haram terrorists.

“The clearance by ground troops and aerial bombardments by the Nigerian Air Force will continue till we reach the desired objective of defeating the terrorists,” he said.

Acting Director of Defence Information, Col. Rabe Abubakar, had said on Monday that given the massive offensive attacks carried out against the sect by the Air Force and ground troops and the level of mass surrender of the terrorists, there was an indication that defeat of the sect was imminent.

He called on the unrepentant members of the terrorist group to have a rethink, lay down their arms and abandon their strange and uncivilized ideology for the betterment of mankind.

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