Boko Haram: 11 killed as Nigerian military launches assault on border communities near Cameroon
Boko Haram members The military said it also captured a foreign Boko Haram fighter, The Nigerian military on Thursday said it had launched an attack on some terrorists near the Cameroonian border. The Director of Defence Information, Chris Olukolade, in a statement said the terrorists, who were cornered while trying to escape to Cameroon through Taraba and Adamawa states, came under fire from troops on patrol of the area in the ongoing counter-terrorism campaign. Mr. Olukolade said some of the Boko Haram terrorists had come out of hiding when they “could no longer bear the hunger in their make shift camps in the forest.” Those apprehended, he said, led troops to other hideouts where fierce fighting ensued.