Forces from Chad and Niger Republic kill a total of 123 Boko Haram insurgents

MILITARY forces from Chad and Niger Republic have killed a total of 123 Boko Haram insurgents between July and now according to the latest statistics published by the Nigerian military high command.

 

Under an umbrella operation known as the Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF), Nigeria, along with Niger, Chad and Cameroun have a military pact to confront Boko Haram together. All four nations share intelligence and conduct joint military operations against the insurgents who operate in all their territories.

 

According to Niger’s defence ministry, it troops in a joint operation with Chad have not only killed 123 insurgents but have also recovered a significant quantity of weapons. Allied Chadian-Nigerien forces launched an offensive against the militants after a surprise attack in Niger Republic killed 30 of the country’s troops in early June.

 

Niger Republic's defence ministry spokesman, Col Moustapha Ledru, said 14 of the two nations’ own troops had also died and 39 had been wounded in fighting with the terrorists over the same period. “An important quantity of arms and weapons were also recovered,” he added.

 

Col Ledru said a parallel offensive involving Nigerian forces had recaptured four towns from the militants, whose insurgency has killed thousands and displaced 2.4m. Boko Haram is waging a guerrilla war to establish a breakaway Islamic caliphate around the Lake Chad region, where Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger and Chad meet.