70 Boko Haram Militants were killed in a series of military operations between January 16 -25 in the Tumbuktu area, northeastern Borno State of Nigeria.
Nigeria's Defence Ministry announced this on Sunday January 26 in a statement by the Director of Defense Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba.
In a statement, Buba, revealed that among the militants neutralised were 3 high - ranking leaders of the group.
He however, confirmed the loss of 22 Nigerian soldiers in the operations, with several others injured.
Boko Haram, an insurgency group responsible for mass terrorist attacks which have claimed thousands of lives in Nigeria since the year 2000, has extended its attacks to neighbouring countries such as Cameroon, Chad and Niger, resulting in at least 2000 deaths across the Lake Chad Basin.
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