The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) says its troops have neutralised 27 Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters with aid of the Air Task Force.
The Chief of Military Public Information Headquarters, MNJTF, Colonel Muhammad Dole, in a statement, said one soldier died while six women were rescued during the operation.
He said the rescued women were given medical aid my the military personnel in the bush.
The statement read, “The ATF identified intelligence-driven targets which they engaged using multiple sorties in the vicinity of Tumbun Fulani and Tumbun Rago, where about 20 terrorists were neutralised.
“The criminals, on sighting the advancing troops, fled and abandoned their checkpoint, pulled off their uniforms and left their rifles and other equipment behind.
“Tunbun Rago was found deserted with Boko Haram corpses and a shallow grave containing Boko Haram corpses discovered, as the criminals beat a hasty retreat.
“Ground forces then advanced and reached Tunbun Fulani but could not access Tunbun Rago due to marshy terrain.”
