B’Haram: Army kills 30, recovers foreign currency

The troops of the Nigerian Army
have found a large amount of Euro
on a terrorist commander who was
killed during an encounter with the
insurgents at Mafa, near Nigeria’s
border with Cameroun.
The Director, Defence Information,
Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade, said in a
statement on Monday that the Boko
Haram commander was killed when
the Special Forces repelled an
attack on Mafa on Saturday.
Olukolade said that the terrorist,
who was of the highest Amir cadre
of the Boko Haram, was among 30
terrorists killed in the Mafa battle.
The Defence spokesman said that
several others fled the scene of the
battle with bullet wounds.
He said that the soldiers also
captured some arms and
ammunition, tubes of rocket-
propelled grenades, a buffalo
vehicle and other equipment from
the insurgents.
According to him, the military only
lost damaged equipment in the
operation.
He stated further that the troops
had commenced a mopping up
operation while the battle against
the insurgents continued in several
fronts in the operation.
He said, “Thousands of Euro
currency was found on the body of
a terrorist commander after troops
successfully repelled terrorists on
Mafa towards the border.
“The terrorist, who was also an Amir
by status and believed to be of
foreign descent, was among about
30 terrorist fighters who died in the
encounter while many others fled
with wounds.
“The terrorists also lost a number of
weapons and equipment including
the captured 13 rifles, a machine
gun, rocket-propelled grenade
tubes and several other assorted
ammunition.
A Toyota Buffalo vehicle was also
recovered from the terrorists. Two
of their armoured vehicles were
also destroyed in the battle.
“The only casualty on the side of
our own troops was damaged
equipment. Mopping-up operations
are ongoing in the general area.
“Meanwhile, the offensive on all
terrorists’ hideouts continues in
many fronts.”