Army: 50 Boko Haram Members Killed InBorno

No fewer than 50 suspected Boko Haram
sect members were killed in an
encounter with Military Troops of 5
Brigade of 7 Division, Nigerian Army,
Monguno when the terrorists laid
ambush in two communities of Gajiram, the Headquarters of Nganzai and
Bullabulin Ngaura of Konduga Local
Government Areas of Borno state. This was disclosed by the Spokesman of
the 7Division, Leuitenant Colonel Sagir
Musa in an interview with newsmen in
Maiduguri Friday. A resident, Malam Zannah Gajiram told
newsmen in Maiduguri that the sect
members have burnt down the Local
Government Secretariat, a Junior
Secondary School, 20 housing estates,
Police Station and Military post, sacking the whole community. According to him, the insurgents who
stormed the town on Tuesday night,
carried out operation up to Wednesday
morning where they destroy almost all
public buildings and houses belonging to
politicians from the local government. He said, “We learnt that, not less than 20
innocent civilians were killed by the
insurgents while over 30 of the
insurgents are said to have been killed
when the military fighter helicopter
arrived on Wednesday. “As at yesterday (Thursday), the whole
of Gajiram has been over taken. It is now
under military control with serious house
to house search operations going on; I
cannot tell you whether or not there was
arrest made as at the time we left Gajiram yesterday (Thursday), but I am
sure the military would have made
several arrest since the whole town is
under their control now.” Nganzai is about 73 kilometres, while
Bullabulin Ngawra is 45 kilometres away
from Maiduguri, the state capital. Both
councils are linked and have boarders
with the terrorist’s camps of Marte and
Sambiza Forests acclaimed to have been destroyed by JTF during the peak of the
emergency rule and the military
onslaught of Boko Haram terrorists in
the state since June this year.