A Joint Patrol Team Of The Military Rescued 5,000 Hostages, Kill 10 Boko Haram Members In The Northeast

A statement issued by the acting Director, Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Usman, says that the Nigerian Army has rescued over 5,000 hostages held captive by the Boko Haram sect in several clearance operation in the northeast.

The statement also claimed that 10 of these terrorists were killed in the operation. He noted that arms, ammunition and logistic equipment were recovered from the terrorists.

According to the statement, a joint patrol team of Sector One of 27 Task Force Brigade and Army Headquarters Strike Group cleared the dreaded terrorists’ dungeon at the towns of Buhari, Matari and Kaidiri in Borno State.

Colonel Usman explained that one civilian JTF member was killed while a soldier, a Policeman and another civilian JTF member were wounded during the operation. He said that the remnants of the terrorists at Kaidiri, on sighting the patrol team took off and withdrew into Niger Republic with gunshot wounds.

He added that the troops pursued them and got two Boko Haram terrorists while they recovered seven motorcycles and borehole equipment from them.