Troops Overpower Boko Haram Again, Scores Killed And Weapon Seized

Despite having victory over the Boko Haram group these past weeks, the group made an attempt to attack again but the Nigerian troops overpowered them.

PRNigeria reports that despite resounding victory over the insurgent group called Boko Haram, the group is bent on attacking some communities to retaliate its losses.

They were reportedly said to have been repelled back to their base when members of the terror group tried to attack communities such as Konduga, Beneshek and Damboa where they made a number of attempts on

Thursday and Friday September 25-26, 2014. While over 40 of the terrorists died in this recent attack which took place in three different locations, a multi barrel T55 tank, 9 rifles, two Machine Guns, two Rocket Propelled Grenade tubes, five boxes of ammunition and other weapons were captured from them. Although 11 soldiers were recorded to have lost their lives while 15 others are still under intensive medical care, 3 of the soldiers were said to be missing up till now during the Troops’ search of the Boko Haram’s den.

Meanwhile, air and land operations are ongoing to clear the terrorists from other communities where their activities have become prevalent recently in the states under the state of emergency.

It would be recalled that just recently, troops who were from the 7th Division of the Nigerian Army in Maiduguri were said to have made members of the insurgent group to hands down during a showdown in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.