The Director of Defence Information, Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade, has said some Boko Haram insurgents were killed by troops during a cordon and search operation along Djimillo-Damaturu, Yobe State on Friday.
Olukolade said the troops had a fierce encounter with the terrorists when their hideout was discovered by soldiers near a market.
According to him the soldiers killed an unspecified number of the insurgents and recovered some machine guns and rifles from them.
He added that some of the terrorists were believed to have been killed in a fire that gutted the house which they used as their base.
Olukolade said a soldier was killed in the fight with the terrorists while another who had gunshot wounds was undergoing treatment
The Defence spokesman also said the troops had an encounter with some terrorists who were in the process of blowing up a bridge to halt the military operation in Gulak, the headquarters of the Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa State.
The troops, he said, also recovered some arms and ammunition from them, adding that flags hoisted by the terrorists were being dismantled by the troops in the operational area.
