Emotionally
stunted terrorists movement continued to contest against the military despite
receiving heavy bashing and near annihilation last two weeks in North-Eastern
Nigeria. Armoured tank 55 also known as "Sarge" prized weapon seized
from Boko Haram fighters in Konduga.
During the
period, many of their top commanders including the one pretending to be Shekau
were eliminated. Nonetheless, splinters cells continued to confront the
military in fierce battle but Nigerian troops vanguished them although with
casualties on both sides
PRNigeria
gathered from top military sources that despite the progress being made in
efforts to decimate and contain insurgents, splinter cells of the terrorists
group are still trying to carry out snap attacks on some communities. They were
however effectively beaten back in communities such as Konduga, Beneshek and Damboa where they made
a number of attempts on Thursday and Friday September 25-26, 2014.
A multi
barrel T55 tank, 9 rifles, two Machine Guns, two Rocket Propelled Grenade
tubes, five boxes of ammunition and other weapons were captured from them while
over 40 of the terrorists died in the encounters in the three locations.
Troops also
conducted a raid on terrorists’ enclave at Shindig. In all the operations a total of 11 soldiers
died while 15 others are being treated for injuries sustained in the battles.
Three are still some soldiers missing.
Meanwhile,
air and land operations are ongoing to clear the terrorists from other
communities where their activities have become prevalent recently in the states
under the state of emergency.
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