Nigeria: Troops Kill 100 Terrorists, Lose Seven Soldiers in Yobe

8 October 2015

Abuja/Port Harcourt/Damaturu — Troops of the 120 Task Force Battalion in Yobe State yesterday repelled an attack by the Boko Haram sect members, killing over 100 of the fleeing terrorists. Seven soldiers lost their lives in the encounter.

Besides, the military has arrested three alleged financiers and drug peddler for the terrorists in Maiduguri. He was said to have made useful confessions leading to arrest of three other suspected collaborators in Borno State.

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