Troops of the Nigerian Army have reportedly killed several Boko Haram/Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) fighters in Borno State and rescued 165 women and children from the terrorists’ den.

In a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday, the Nigerian Army Operations Media Coordinator, Col. Aminu Iliyasu said the operations were carried out in conjunction with the troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJT).

Iliyasu said the troops of Nigerian Army Super Camp 7 deployed at the Bama area of the state killed one terrorist, captured one alive and rescued eight women and six children at Tafana 1, 2 and 3 villages in Bama on December 27, 2019.

He further disclosed that troops of 25 Task Force Brigade deployed at Super Camp 2 in Damboa, arrested a high profile Boko Haram informant/logistics supplier, Ibrahim Buba, and two others suspected to be his couriers at Shuwari village in Damboa District.

He added that troops of 242 Battalion in Monguno, arrested two suspected terrorists’ logistics suppliers, Abubakar Aisami and Modu Baba with foodstuff and drugs concealed in a bag of smashed corn powder for delivery to the terrorists.

“The rescued civilians were conveyed to a humanitarian facility in Monguno and thereafter handed over to officials of Borno State Emergency Management Agency.

“The children among them were administered with polio vaccine by the Buratai Intervention Task Force Initiative,” Iliyasu added.