Nigerian Military Kill 300 Boko Haram Members, Capture Their Weapons

The Nigerian military has released statement stating that
about 300 Boko Haram members were killed in two days
of Nigerian military operation to clear 11 communities in
the North East. The Defence HQ also shared photos of the
militants and weapons they captured. See the photos and
press statement below;

Press statement below…

Mpping up operation of some of the communities where
terrorists have been cleared in the course of ongoing air
and land operations against terrorists has indicated
massive casualty inflicted on them within the last two days
of the counter terrorists operations. Over 300 terrorists
were killed while a few were also captured. Several
weapons and equipment were also captured and some
destroyed.

It has been confirmed that that 5 different types of
armoured fighting vehicles, an anti-aircraft gun, about 50
cases of packed bombs and 8 different types of Machine
Guns, 5 Rocket Propelled Grenade, 49 boxes of various
types and calibres of ammunition as well as 300
motorcycles destroyed in the fighting. A total of 6 Hilux
vehicles including those mounted with anti-aircraft guns
were also destroyed.

However, 2 soldiers lost their lives while 10 others were
wounded in the course of the operation. The cordon and
search operations is continuing along with aggressive
patrols by troops who are now dominating the cleared
communities such as Monguno, Gabchari, Abba Jabari,
Zuntur, Gajigana, Gajiram, Damakar, Kumaliwa, Bosso
Wanti, Jeram and Kabrisungul.

The various phases of the highly coordinated air and land
operations is also ongoing in the designated theaters being
handled by contingents involved in the renewed counter
terrorism campaign in and outside Nigeria.

CHRIS OLUKOLADE Major General Director Defence
Information