Troops killed scores of insurgents, Rescue Another Chibok Girl Who Recently Gave Birth To Twins
By: Zagazola Makama
Troops of the Nigerian Army under the Operation Hadin Kai have killed an unspecified number of Boko Haram (BH) terrorists and rescued yet another Chibok girl who gave birth to twins in Borno State.
The troops, backed by a column of Civilian Joint Task Force(CJTF), achieved the feat on September 29, after it stormed the enclave of the Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād, terrorists group in Bula Dawo axis in Bama Local Government Area of Borno State.
An Intelligence source told Zagazola Makama, a Counter Insuegency Expert and Security Analyst in the Lake Chad, that the troops engaged and overwhelmed the insurgents, neutralising scores of terrorists in the process, while several others escaped with fatal gunshot wounds.
“In the course of the encounter, troops successfully rescued Yana Pogu, a Chibok girl who was number 19 on the missing girls list along with her four children,” the source said.
"She was found with a four months old set of twins in a very unhealthy condition.
"Some of the fleeing insurgents also attempted to ambush their own troops but while acting on the intelligence, the troops responded swiftly with aggressive fire powers, forcing them to flee.
“More women were rescued after the encounter. They are transferred to 21 Armoured Brigade Bama, for medical attention,” said the source.
Recalled that the Boko Haram terrorists had in April 2014 kidnapped 276 female students mostly Christians aged from 16 to 18 from the Government Girls Secondary School in the town of Chibok in Borno State.