The Nigerian military claimed February 18 that over 300 Boko Haram insurgents were killed in Monguno, Borno State.
Monguno was seized January 25 and recaptured earlier this week, together with Marte and other communities.
In this period African allies also claimed gains in the counter-terrorism operations. Cameroon said they had killed 80 terrorists and arrested 1,000. Niger said that 160 people with links to Boko Haram had been arrested since February 6.
Vanguard reports that today the details of Monguno operation have been made public as defence spokesman Chris Olukolade said:
“Over 300 terrorists were killed while a few were also captured.”
This followed, however, similar statements about Boko Haram casualties from Niger, Chad and Cameroon, involved in joint forces fighting insurgents.
In his recent interview Olukolade commended the efforts of the Multi National Joint Task Force saying that due to better coordinated efforts they had been recording improved results in the operations.
Source: http://chat212.blogspot.com/2015/02/more-than-300-boko-haram-militants.html
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