Posted on: 08:45 Fri, 11 Dec 2015



Nigerian troops on Wednesday killed
5 Boko Haram terrorists and rescued
210 civilians held captive by the
terrorist group.This was revealed by
the acting Director of Army Public
Relations, Colonel S.K. Usman.

According to him,the insurgents
were killed at Furkati village, which
is located in Geidam a Local
Government Area (LGA) of Yobe
State while the rescue of the 210
civilians was due to an information
received by soldiers that the
terrorists were holding hostage the
inhabitants of the villages of Ejilije,
Bulagaije-lari, Bulagaije-Adamde,
and Ajiri.Speaking further,he said
the terrorists fled these villages once
they learnt the Nigerian military was
advancing upon them.

The rescued citizens were mainly
women,children, and the elderly and
have since been transferred to
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)
camps. According to Colonel Usman,
the insurgents planned using the
civilians as “human shields” in the
event of a military offensive against
them.

4 Dane guns, 4 loaded magazines of
G3 riflesan unknown quantity of
7.62mm ammunition,1 Machine Gun
barrel, 4 empty canisters of Mortar
bombs, a bandolier, and 4 AK-47
rifles were recovered from the
insurgents during the operations.

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