We have recaptured 11 towns from boko haram, killed 300 of them –DHQ

The Director of Defence Information, Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade, has
said that troops of the Nigerian Army and personnel of the Air Force
have killed over 300 fighters of the Boko Haram sect.
Olukolade said in a statement on Wednesday that the insurgents were
killed during a combined operation of the Air Force and ground forces
put in place to liberate 11 communities captured by the Boko Haram
sect.
According to him, the communities liberated by the troops are Monguno,
Gabchari, Abba Jabari, Gajigana, Gajiram, Damakar, Kumaliwa, Bosso
Wanti, Jeram and Kabrisungul.
He said that troops had commenced a cordon and search operation in the
areas involved in the latest operation.
He stated further that some of the terrorists and their weapons were
captured by the troops.
Olukolade also said that the military captured "five different types
of armoured fighting vehicles, an anti-aircraft gun, about 50 cases of
packed bombs and eight different types of machine guns, five
rocket-propelled grenade, 49 boxes of various types and calibres of
ammunition, as well as 300 motorcycles destroyed in the fighting.
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He added that "a total of six Hilux vehicles including those mounted
with anti-aircraft guns were also destroyed.'
The Defence spokesman said that two soldiers lost their lives while
ten others were wounded in the encounter with the terrorists.
Olukolade said that various phases of highly coordinated combined
operation involving the Air Force and ground forces were ongoing in
the mission area within and outside the country.
Meanwhile, about 30 civilians were killed when an unidentified
airplane dropped a bomb on a Nigerian border village, military sources
based nearby in Niger said on Wednesday.
"We don't know whose plane it was. We understand that the victims are
residents who were gathered for a ceremony but who were mistaken for
terrorists," said a military source based in the town of Bosso in
Niger.
He added, "Around 30 people perished."
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