ATP - Nigerian
troops have killed 12 Boko Haram fighters and recovered a cache of arms and
ammunition from the hardline Islamist group whose six-year insurgency has
claimed thousands of lives, a military spokesman said.
"As
part of their determined efforts to rid the society of all known Boko Haram
terrorists enclaves and hideouts, troops... conducted a fighting patrol along
Damboa-Njaba-Bale road in Borno state" in the northeast of the country,
Colonel Sani Usman said in a statement late Sunday.
He
said the soldiers "killed three suspected Boko Haram terrorists (who) had
been terrorising the communities around Sabon Gari and Damboa," on Sunday.
"Among
those killed was the Boko Haram terrorist Ameer (leader) in Bulayaga," he
said.
Usman
said a cache of arms and ammunition was recovered from the jihadists.
He
said a second encounter with the insurgents in Mainari village also on Sunday
"led to the killing of nine terrorists and recovery of weapons which
include four AK-47s and one pump action gun."
Nigerian
President Muhammadu Buhari has given the military until the end of the month to
crush the Boko Haram rebellion that has killed some 17,000 and forced 2.6
million to flee their homes since 2009.
The
jihadist group, which seeks a hardline Islamic state in northern Nigeria, has
also carried out deadly cross-border attacks in neighbouring Chad, Cameroon and
Niger.
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