Boko Haram terrorists drown in Lake Chad, while Running From Nigerian Army

A large number of terrorists have drowned in
the Lake Chad as they fled the heavy
bombardment by Nigerian Air force heralding
the advance of Nigerian troops on mission to
flush them out of Baga, the Nigerian defence
headquarters has said.
"Not even the strategy of mining over 1500
spots with land mines on the routes leading to
the town could save the terrorists from the
aggressive move of advancing troops," the
Director of Defence Information, Chris
Olukolade, a Major General, said in a
statement.
He added, "All the land mines were skillfully
cleared one after the other. Eventually, the
resistance of the terrorists collapsed and the
land forces finally stormed the town in the
early hours of Friday.
"Many of the terrorists died while an unknown
but substantial number of them fled with
various degrees of injury, in the series of
encounter along the routes of advance as troops
headed for Baga.
"Apart from the 5 anti air craft guns and the
rifles captured from the terrorists, over 34
motorcycles and 5 vehicles including trucks
being used for operations by the terrorists were
destroyed in the course of the fighting as troops
headed for Baga. The troops finally began
clearing the terrorists from Baga on arrival in
the town early Saturday morning.
"A comprehensive cordon and search phase of
military operation has now commenced to
enable troops mop up arms and ammunition
and also apprehend any terrorist who might be
hiding in the vicinity. The exercise will also
determine details of the casualties inflicted or
incurred in the course of the operations to clear
Baga and environ of terrorists.
"Similar exercise is being carried out in over 12
locations namely Gajigana, Ngaze, Ngenzai,
Marte Junction, Mile 90, Yoyo, Kekeno,
Kukawa, Cross Kauwa, Kangarwa, Amirari and
other localities where troops have flushed out
the terrorists in the operations preceding the
entry to Baga. The troops are now dominating
and conducting aggressive patrols in the
locations. The morale of troops remain high."