The Boko Haram sect lost eight fighters while one other person was injured during a battle with troops of the Operation Lafiya Dole in Ngala Local Government Area of Borno State.
Three AK 47 rifles, two FN rifle magazines and three PKM link belts were also recovered from the militants.
The wounded Boko Haram fighter, Abba Mustapha, who was abandoned by his fellow insurgents, was picked up by the gerian Army troops.
Lt.-Col. Kingsley Samuel, the Army spokesman at the 7-Division in Maiduguri, said in a statement he issued yesterday that the injured Boko Haram fighter was rescued in strict adherence to Rules of Engagement and international convention on armed conflicts, especially as it relates to prisoners of war.
Col. Samuel also quoted the surviving Boko Haram fighter as saying, “if the troops had not taken him and administered first aid on him, he would have bled to death.
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The wounded Boko Haram fighter, Abba Mustapha, who was abandoned by his fellow insurgents, was picked up by the gerian Army troops.
Lt.-Col. Kingsley Samuel, the Army spokesman at the 7-Division in Maiduguri, said in a statement he issued yesterday that the injured Boko Haram fighter was rescued in strict adherence to Rules of Engagement and international convention on armed conflicts, especially as it relates to prisoners of war.
Col. Samuel also quoted the surviving Boko Haram fighter as saying, “if the troops had not taken him and administered first aid on him, he would have bled to death.
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