The Nigerian soldiers yesterday announced that it killed no fewer than 70 Boko Haram terrorists following an attack the insurgents launched yesterday night on Konduga town, in Borno State.
It was gathered that the extremists started their attack at about 8:30pm but they were met by stiff resistance by a battalion of soldiers stationed in the town who foiled the invasion after hours of gun battle, killing over 70 of the invaders in the process.
Speaking with newsmen in Maiduguri on Tuesday, a top military officer, who pleaded anonymity, said the insurgents met waterloo at about 8pm.
His words, “The insurgents came at about 8:30pm yesterday to attack the town, but our men on ground effectively tackled them.
“Nobody can tell you the exact number of the insurgents killed, but we have over 70 that we counted around the town, not to talk of those that may have been killed in the bushes.”
It would be recalled that soldiers in the town had killed at least 650 members of the terror group, during the attacks of 11th, 13th and 18th September, this year during which Bashir Mohammed, who had appeared in videos claiming to be Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau, was killed.
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