A day after the military announced
that 200 girls and 93 women were rescued from Sambisa forest, a stronghold of
the Boko Haram sect in Borno state, the army says more captives have regained
freedom.
According to Sani Usman, acting
director of army public relations, several camps of the insurgents were
destroyed during the latest operation, geared towards stamping out insurgency.
He listed some of the camps as Wulari Bukar, Gangala, Anguwar Bakwai, Jigide,
Kotorima, Lagara Bello and Lagara Fulani.
“The troops have also rescued
additional women and children. They have been evacuated to a safety zone for
further processing. “During the encounter, unfortunately, we lost a soldier,
while 4 others were wounded in action. The troops have also killed several Boko
Haram field commanders and foot soldiers and destroyed two armoured personnel
carriers, 2 Buffalo vehicles mounted with anti-aircraft guns, a truck and
several Hilux vehicles. “The gallant soldiers also recovered one anti-aircraft
gun, one general purpose machine gun, one rocket propelled grenade and several
AK-47 rifles.
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