Photo: Army seize dried fish worth over N60million from Boko Haram members in Borno

he 7 Division of the Nigerian Army today
destroyed over 2,000 cartons of dried fish valued
at N60 million seized from suspected Boko Haram
terrorists in Borno State. According to the
spokesperson of the Division, Colonel Tukur
Gusau, the suspected Boko Haram members had
resorted to robbery and cattle rustling and are
believed to also be engaged in some form of
commercial activities with these stolen items to
fund their activities.
“We have about 2,000 cartons of dried fish,
suspected to have been taken away forcefully
from fishermen, fish mongers and business men
in Borno State. We decided to born them so that
we can send a message to these people. What
they wanted to do was to sell the items in an
open market at a ridiculous amount of money and
use the same proceed to sponsor their terror
activities,” he said

Nigerias Defence Headquaters denies death of 150

 The Defence Headquarters, DHQ, has debunked media reports that 150 Yobe villagers were either either shot dead or drowned while fleeing from attacks on their village by members of Boko Haram.

Instead, the DHQ claimed four members of the violent sect and a member of the civilian Joint Task Force were killed during a gun battle.

“The truth of the matter is the military got an intelligence report concerning a planned attack by Boko Haram on Kukuwa-Gari village in Yobe State. Following the tip-off, troops and civilian JTF laid ambush between Kukuwatashi and Kukuwa-Gari villages The insurgents ran into them and a gun-battle ensued in which four Boko Haram members and one civilian JTF lost their lives,” said in statement released on Wednesday.

The DHQ further stated that at the end of the encounter,two AK 47 rifles and two motorcycles used by the Boko Haram terrorists were recovered from them.

“The Armed Forces therefore implore the media to always seek clarification of stories before going to press as most of these unsubstantiated reports tend to embolden or encourage the terrorists to believe they are invincible, thus instilling perpetual fear in the minds of the citizens, especially, those in the contested areas of the North East.

The DHQ said the “military is doing all within its power to protect lives and property of Nigerians in any part of the country and thus, solicits cooperation and understanding of the media to be partners in progress in this noble task.”