Boko Haram insurgents kill 30 people near Sambisa Forest

by Panshak Ibrahim

Boko Haram insurgents have reportedly attacked Gaya, a village in Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa State.

The attack which claimed the lives of 30 indigenes, occured in the wee hours of Thursday, February 19, in the community which is located near the Sambisa Forest.

The insurgent’s attack came not long after the military killed over 300 insurgents and recaptured 11 communities from them.

A security source disclosed that after the insurgents were flushed out of the Sambisa Forest by the combined team of Air Force and Army personnel operating in the area, they retaliated by shifting base and attacking communities that were far away from areas where the military was present.

The source said: “The fighters of the Boko Haram sect attacked Gaya community in Hong Local Government Area here in Adamawa State. They killed over 30 people and burnt down several buildings in the community. You know that that community is in the border area just by the Sambisa Forest.”

“Those who attacked the community were dislodged from the Sambisa Forest by the ongoing raid being carried out by the Air Force and the ground soldiers. The military is now in control of a large part of the Sambisa Forest and the insurgents are moving in bands and launching attacks on the communities that are far from where the soldiers checkpoints are.”

Meanwhile, the Director of Defence Information, Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade, reacted to the development, stating that he had no knowledge of the attack on Gaya village.

Olukolade, however, revealed that a joint operation by the Nigerian Air Force and the soldiers had resulted in the death of many insurgents in Sambisa Forest and parts of Gwoza.

He said: “A concerted air campaign by the Nigerian Air Force is ongoing in furtherance of the mission to clear terrorists from all their enclaves. The air strikes, which today targeted the training camps and logistics dumps of the terrorists in Sambisa forests and parts of Gwoza, have been highly successful as it achieved the aims with required precision.”

“The death of a large number of terrorists has been recorded while many others are also scampering all over the forest and out of the struck bases. Details of casualty will be determined in subsequent phases of the operation. Meanwhile, the strikes continue in other locations of the theatre heralding the advance of troops and other elements of the mission.”

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