18 Boko Haram Members Killed In Sambisa

The troops of the Nigerian Army have killed 16 members of the Boko Haram Sect deep inside the Sambisa Forest.Two others were lynched by residents at Puchi where they went to collect tax from

the members of the community.The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman, said in a statement on Monday that the troops of the 21 Brigade of the 7 Division who carried out the
operation also cleared four villages which included Bala Karege, Goske, Harda and Marka 3.Usman said that the troops killed the insurgents when they took advantage of a heavy downpour in the area to approach the location of the troops.He said the vigilant troops killed eight of them and recovered two vehicles from them.He added that eight more bodies of the insurgents were recovered after another operation in the area.Usman said that the Boko Haram members abandoned their hideouts and fled before the troops got to the cleared villages.He also said that the troops repelled a Boko Haram ambush at Harda and recovered several items from them.According to him, the troops recovered ‘suicide vests, high calibre weapons which included one Rocket Propelled Grenade Bomb, 18 rounds of 23mm Shilka ammunition, one Barrel of AK-47 rifle, one Extra-barrel of General Purpose Machine Gun, three AK-47 rifle magazines, metal link of 12.7mm ammunition  and a heavy-duty solar panel battery’ from the insurgents.The troops were also said to have recovered 10 vehicles and 50 motorcycles belonging to the insurgents.Usman stated that two out of three tax collectors of the Boko Haram were killed at Puchi village where they went to collect tax from the community.He said that before the troops of the 7 Division and some members of the Civilian JTF could get to the area, the residents apprehended two of them and lynched them while the third escaped.