The Defence Headquarters confirmed that self-acclaimed leader of the Boko Haram sect, Mohammed Bashir, alias Abubakar Shekau, had died in an encounter with troops at Konduga in Borno State.
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No fewer than 135 Boko Haram members have surrendered along with their equipment to troops around Biu Local Government Area in Borno State, Defence Headquarters said on Wednesday.
The girls, numbering about 300, were abducted by Boko Haram on April 14
The Nigerian military has put a lie to claims that a neighbouring country was responsible for the elimination of some terrorists in Nigeria last week.
Five terrorists surrendered to troops on Saturday at Konduga, Borno State along with their weapons and pleaded for mercy
Defence sources said the suspected demise of the Boko Haram leader is responsible for the scattering of the sect members in different independent locations in the neighbouring countries, especially in Cameroon, noticed in recent days
The Nigerian troops recovered more weapons during the mop up operations, while some of the terrorists’ vehicles have been destroyed
The Defence Headquarters has alerted the public to be wary of a fake facebook account being operated in the name of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh.
The Boko Haram members had attempted taking over the town
Defence Headquarters on Thursday reassured that the ongoing onslaught against the insurgents in the North Eastern part of Nigeria is yielding positive results.
The Defence Headquarters has said that the “alarmist” report on foreign and online media on Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, was “clearly intended to cause panic in the city and the nation”.
In a post on the Twitter handle of the Defence Headquarters, the military said it was firmly in control of Gwoza, a town in Borno State that Shekau claimed had come under its control
It stated that the series of lies contained in the alleged responses of the faceless person referred to as a soldier confirmed the whole arrangement as another step of the mischief makers working for terrorists
A statement posted on the Defence Headquarters website: www.defenceinfo.mil.ng, said the dawn raid operation was carried out on Friday
Numbering about 51, the youths were under the guidance of a lady as they were being conveyed in three 18-seater mass transit buses when they were intercepted along Babale in Plateau State as they journeyed from Maiduguri to Abuja in the night
He was said to have been brought into the country through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja
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The Defence Headquarters said the explosive was loaded into a van used in transporting charcoal to the market
The statement said that Hussaini and his gang attacked the military convoy, which was on an operational patrol in the area, but the troops repelled the attack and captured their operational vehicles and some Improvised Explosive Devices, arms and ammunition
The insurgents, who were said to have filed out of the forest at about 10pm on Saturday were engaged in fierce battle with the troops, resulting in the death of 50 terrorists while four soldiers were wounded