{"id":20516,"date":"2011-12-23T15:59:25","date_gmt":"2011-12-23T15:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/army-kills-59-boko-haram-members-in-damaturu-attack\/"},"modified":"2011-12-23T15:59:25","modified_gmt":"2011-12-23T15:59:25","slug":"army-kills-59-boko-haram-members-in-damaturu-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/23\/army-kills-59-boko-haram-members-in-damaturu-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Army kills 59 Boko Haram members in Damaturu attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"56\">\n<p>BY KINGSLEY OMONOBI<\/p>\n<p>The Joint Task Force set up to quell the Boko Haram menace rocking the Northern part of the country, in the early hours of yesterday, launched a successful operation on the sect\u2019s operational stronghold in Damaturu, Yobe state, killing 59 of\u00a0 the sect\u00a0members and destroying their armoury, Chief of army staff, Lt. General Azubuike Ihejirika said, Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during his first official visit to the Guards Brigade headquarters in Abuja, the Army Chief said, \u201cThere was a major encounter with the Boko Haram in Damaturu yesterday. In the encounter, we over ran their major stronghold and their ammunition site\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-118632\" title=\"army\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/5ca3army1-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd as is usual in any such encounter, we lost 3 of our soldiers, 7 were wounded but we killed over 50 of their members. They came with sophisticated and heavy weaponry including GPMG\u2019s, SMG\u2019s and bombs but our trained soldiers subdued them\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Comments are moderated. 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