Nigeria: Troops kill 53 Boko Haram insurgents and lose 6 soldiers in Borno
Troops in the ongoing offensive against the Boko Haram sect in the North East, on Friday night, killed 53 insurgents, losing six soldiers while repelling an attack on troops’ location in Damboa, Borno State.
This was disclosed in a statement by the Defence Headquarters, DHQ, in Abuja, yesterday, through its Director of Defence Information, DDI, Maj-Gen. Chris Olukolade, adding that a suicide bomber also drove into a checkpoint killing self, a policeman and three vigilante youths in Borno State.
Olukolade further disclosed that four insurgents conveying explosives in a fish consignment were however arrested.