Army Recued 149, Kill Scores Of Boko Haram Members

The Nigerian army on Sunday, April 8, said its troops rescued 149 persons in the ongoing clearance operation against remnants of Boko Haram insurgents at Yerimari-Kura community in Sambisa axis.

Col. Onyeama Nwachukwu, the deputy director, Army public relations, said in a statement that the troops killed three insurgents and captured five others in the encounter.

"Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole have continued to make progress in clearance operations to smoke out Boko Haram insurgents who escaped from their previous stronghold in the Sambisa Forest.

"On Saturday, the troops made further operational exploit into Boko Haram's hideout at Yerimari-Kura, in a deliberate operation to extricate and rescue hostages held by the insurgents in their hideout. In the encounter, troops killed three Boko Haram insurgents and captured five," he said, adding that the troops also destroyed insurgents' logistics in the operation.