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| 13 Boko Haram terrorists killed in military raid |
| 2014-03-02 |
| [NIGERIANEYE] The Director of Defence Information, Maj. Gen Chris Olukolade, has said that 13 turbans were killed in a military raid on makeshift bully boyz camp located between Borno and Adamawa states on Friday. Olukolade said in an electronic mail on Friday that the special forces also tossed in the clink Please don't kill me! some of the turbans who escaped the raid in Maiduguri and its environs. He did not give the exact number of turbans arrested in the raid. Olukolade said calm had returned to Shuwa community, which was attacked by the turbans on Thursday after the confusion and panic in the community when the people mistook the convoy of troops in pursuit of the bully boyz for the Death Eaters. He said the community members became panicky when they saw the column of military trucks because they mistook them for turbans on a mission for another attack. Olukolade said the confusion sparked the rumour that the Governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, was attacked while visiting the community. He said, "The troops were deployed to block a discovered entry and exit point of bully boyz into the country through the state." |
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