Boko Haram has encountered a fatal loss in a recent encounter with Cameroonian soldiers who were assisted by a regional task force.
Cameroonian Army, with backing from a regional anti-Boko Haram task force, have killed at least 100 Boko Haram militants and freed 900 people it had held hostage, the army and defence ministry said on Wednesday.
“In the course of this operation, at least 100 members of Boko Haram were killed. 900 hostages detained by Boko Haram were freed,” Reuters quoted the Cameroonian army spokesman, Col. Didier Badjeck, as saying on the matter.
The defence ministry also cited the same figures in a brief statement on state television.
Reports on the operation are still sketchy but we will keep our readers abreast with new developments later.