Fleeing Boko Haram fighters drown in Lake Chad

The Director, Defence Information, Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade in Abuja on Saturday, said a large number of Boko Haram insurgents have drowned in Lake Chad as they fled the bombardment by Nigerian Air Force. Olukolade made this disclosure in a statement that, “A large number of terrorists have drowned in Lake Chad as they fled the heavy bombardment by Nigerian Air force heralding the advance of Nigerian troops on mission to flush them out of Baga.”

“Not even the strategy of mining over 1500 spots with land mines on the routes leading to the town could save the terrorists from the aggressive move of advancing troops. Many of the terrorists died while an unknown but substantial number of them fled with various degrees of injury, in the series of encounter along the routes of advance of the as troops headed for Baga,” the statement added.

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Deji Sadiq, a.k.a DEJI OF LAGOS is a LASU trained Economist turned freelance journalist, a Blogger, an information strategist, a public affairs analyst and a committed activist with a passion for equal opportunities.