Nigeria: Troops clears 4 Boko Haram hideouts, killed 7 insurgents in Borno

Nigeria: Troops clears 4 Boko Haram hideouts, killed 7 insurgents in Borno

By Zagalola Makama

Nigerian troops have cleared four suspected Boko Haram terrorists hideouts and killed 7 insurgents in the North East of Bama in Borno State.

In a clear demonstration of its determined efforts to speedily eliminate the Boko Haram, the troops of 21 Armoured Brigade in Collaboration with some Civilian Joint Task Force(CJTF), stormed and cleared some of the hideouts of the terrorists in Churchur, Mbaiwa, Kashimiri, China, as well as many other newly established villages, 10 Febuary 2023.

NEWSng gathered that the troops made contact with the terrorists in the course of the offensive patrol and eliminated 7 of them.

Sources alwo said that other terrorists fled their enclaves, leaving behind women, children and the old age.

NEWSng learnt that troops successfully burnt down the entire enclaves and rescued some of the women and their children.

Meanwhile, troops made sure that the villages were cleared of all suspected terrorists elements

Nigeria: Troops clears 4 Boko Haram hideouts, killed 7 insurgents in Borno