Nigerian army troops confirmed to have killed six Boko Haram militants in a coordinated military operation in Nigeria’s northeastern state of Borno early this week.
According to the army spokesperson Mohammed Yerima in a statement, the army troops on a patrol in the Dikwa local government area of Borno came in contact with terrorists on motorcycles and a gun truck. The troops swiftly engaged them in a fierce firefight, killing six of them and recovered several weapons, ammunition and sundry items.
The army spokesman further noted that the army remain resolute and determined to ensure that the general area is completely cleared and protected while aggressively dominating every route where Boko Haram terrorists are suspected to move around in order to smoke them out.
The military operation comes amid growing incidents of kidnappings by the Islamist terrorists. Boko Haram gunmen kidnapped children and teachers from an elementary school in northwestern Nigeria on Monday. It’s the latest in a series of attacks on educational institutions. And they have grown more brazen since 2014 when a group of schoolgirls were abducted by the militant group Boko Haram.
Boko Haram has been trying to establish an Islamist state in northeastern Nigeria since 2009. The terror group has also extended its attacks to other countries in the Lake Chad Basin.
