Troops hit Boko Haram, kill 50, capture one (Guardian)

Troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) neutralised 50 terrorists between Friday and Saturday and captured one.

A statement by Col. Timothy Antigha, the Chief, Military Public Information Officer of MNJTF in N’Djamena and made available to newsmen in Abuja, confirmed the story.

Antigha said troops comprising air and land components of the task force from Chad, Cameroon, Niger Republic and Nigeria, killed the terrorists in separate encounter.

He said some equipment belonging to the terrorists was captured during the encounter, while others were destroyed. Read more