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Contrary to a report in the media yesterday – that a joint military coalition comprising Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon had reclaimed Borno town, a military source stated only the Chadian troops carried out the operation with the help of South African Air Force which provided aerial support to Chadian troops.
Chad’s army has disclosed that it killed more than 200 Boko Haram militants but lost nine of its soldiers while 21 others were wounded in the battle to reclaim the border town of Gamboru in Borno State which had been under the control of the terrorists for months, Chad defence ministry said.
The Chad defence ministry, in a statement, declared that the country’s army destroyed more than a dozen vehicles equipped with heavy weapons and about 100 motorcycles used by the militants for battle in the towns of Gamboru.
Chad deployed over 2,000 troops as part of a regional effort to take on the militant group which had been fighting for five years to create an Islamist caliphate in northern Nigeria.
The Boko Haram uprising has become a regional crisis with the four directly affected countries – Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria – agreeing to boost cooperation to contain the threat.
In the last seven days, Chadian troops have been hammering the sect, and reclaimed Malumfatori, a town which had been under the sects’ control for several months as part of its campaign to create an Islamic caliphate.
Nigeria’s military said on Tuesday that its fighter jets had bombed the northeast town of Malumfatori, also controlled by Boko Haram.
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