Boko Haram Counters Nigerian Army, Releases Pictures of 16 Killed, Abducted Soldiers Boko Haram Counters Nigerian Army, Releases Pictures of 16 Killed, Abducted Soldiers
This is contrary to a statement by the Nigerian army that four soldiers died in the attack.
Militants from the Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), formerly known as Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād, have released pictures of 15 soldiers killed by the group during an ambush on Nigerian soldiers in Monguno, Borno state.
This is contrary to a statement by the Nigerian army that four soldiers died in the attack.
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By Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja and John Shiklam in Kaduna
The military high command and intelligence agencies are working on a grand plan involving a joint-operational strategy to stem the rampant kidnappings of schoolchildren in the North, THISDAY’s investigation has revealed.
This is coming as the Nigerian Army yesterday said it was making concerted efforts to rescue three teachers from the Local Education Authority (LEA) Primary School, Rama village, Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, that bandits abducted yesterday.
Besides, the army also claimed that it killed 40 terrorists and lost four personnel on Saturday during a clash with elements of Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province terrorists along the fringes of Lake Chad and Tumbus.
This is contrary to a statement by the Nigerian army that four soldiers died in the attack.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Mar 16, 2021
Militants from the Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), formerly known as Jamā at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da wah wa l-Jihād, have released pictures of 15 soldiers killed by the group during an ambush on Nigerian soldiers in Monguno, Borno state.
This is contrary to a statement by the Nigerian army that four soldiers died in the attack.
The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima had on Monday said the encounters, which took place on the Tumbus of Lake Chad’s fringes, led to the destruction of the terrorists’ gun trucks and recovery of a large cache of arms and ammunition.
Elements of Boko Haram Terrorists and their Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) counterparts operating along the fringes of the Lake Chad and the Tumbus met their waterloo when they encountered dogged troops of Sector 3 Operation Lafiya Dole on Saturday, 13 March, 2021.