![\"Click](\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/c715image.aspx_.jpg\")
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen O. A. Ihejirika, on Friday gave details of the exchange of fire between soldiers and members of the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, saying the army killed about 50 members of the sect while three soldiers died in the exchange of gun fire.<\/p>\n
The police authorities also confirmed that Boko Haram members gunned down Yobe State Assistant Commissioner of Police, (Operations), I. Abubakar.<\/p>\n
Ihejirika, who was giving accounts of the operations of the Army in 2011, said experiences learnt in the outgoing year would guide the army in performing better next year.<\/p>\n
According to him, \u201clast night, there was major encounter with Boko Haram at Damaturu and as I speak, the operation is still ongoing. The Boko Haram brought into use some heavy arsenal and I want to inform you that we have been able to run down their major stronghold after several hours of encounter and their armour dump in Damaturu was also destroyed.<\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cWe lost few men as it was expected in a major encounter and the Boko Haram also lost several men.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe situation is still ongoing, but I believe by this time tomorrow (today), the dust would have settled.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the encounter, we lost three soldiers and a total of seven wounded as at early Friday morning. By yesterday afternoon, Boko Haram would have lost approximately 50 men, and the arsenal they used would have been destroyed.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have learn\u2019t lessons from the challenges and it was a year full of activities and I do not expect the challenges to diminish too soon, so we are building on the experiences of 2011 to face 2012 .<\/p>\n
\u201cThe challenges are well known to us. First and foremost, the challenges of security, the challenges of new phenomenon, of terrorism, and it is good to note that based on the lessons, we are able to put up structures better placed to address these challenges\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n
The Chief of Army Staff also mentioned a number of other things achieved by the Army especially on accommodation.<\/p>\n
As he put it, \u201con accommodation, the soldiers did not talk about accommodation because they have seen the ongoing effort. We have just completed two blocks of building in Mogadishu that can take approximately 80 men though it is a transit accommodation not for families, but that will ensure that soldiers on duty do not sleep under make-shift arrangement.<\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cWe are also building three blocks for warrant officers and senior SCOs. Those ones are two bedrooms each. So, that will reduce the problem and there are plans to build more accommodation; that of the officers would be addressed when we complete the transit camp.<\/p>\n
Speaking on accommodation for officers, he disclosed that 20 houses have been completed in Life Camp and another project started by his predecessor in office, adding that the 38 flats in Yar\u2019Adua Barracks would be completed in two weeks.<\/p>\n
He disclosed that the 32 flat-transit accommodation which he initiated were at the final stages of completion, assuring that he would do more as funds become available.
<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Do you have a story\/gist for publication? Please email it to story@nigeriafilms.com<\/span><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen O. A. Ihejirika, on Friday gave details of the exchange of fire between soldiers and members of the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, saying the army killed about 50 members of the sect while three soldiers died in the exchange of gun fire<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n
Soldiers Kill 50 Boko Haram Members \u20223 Soldiers, ACP Die, 7 Others Injured - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/24\/soldiers-kill-50-boko-haram-members-\u20223-soldiers-acp-die-7-others-injured\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Soldiers Kill 50 Boko Haram Members \u20223 Soldiers, ACP Die, 7 Others Injured - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen O. A. Ihejirika, on Friday gave details of the exchange of fire between soldiers and members of the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, saying the army killed about 50 members of the sect while three soldiers died in the exchange of gun fire\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/c715image.aspx_.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/24\/soldiers-kill-50-boko-haram-members-%e2%80%a23-soldiers-acp-die-7-others-injured\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/24\/soldiers-kill-50-boko-haram-members-%e2%80%a23-soldiers-acp-die-7-others-injured\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Soldiers Kill 50 Boko Haram Members \u20223 Soldiers, ACP Die, 7 Others Injured\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-12-24T05:07:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/24\/soldiers-kill-50-boko-haram-members-%e2%80%a23-soldiers-acp-die-7-others-injured\/\"},\"wordCount\":529,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/24\/soldiers-kill-50-boko-haram-members-%e2%80%a23-soldiers-acp-die-7-others-injured\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/c715image.aspx_.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/24\/soldiers-kill-50-boko-haram-members-%e2%80%a23-soldiers-acp-die-7-others-injured\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/24\/soldiers-kill-50-boko-haram-members-%e2%80%a23-soldiers-acp-die-7-others-injured\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/24\/soldiers-kill-50-boko-haram-members-%e2%80%a23-soldiers-acp-die-7-others-injured\/\",\"name\":\"Soldiers Kill 50 Boko Haram Members \u20223 Soldiers, ACP Die, 7 Others Injured - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/24\/soldiers-kill-50-boko-haram-members-%e2%80%a23-soldiers-acp-die-7-others-injured\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/24\/soldiers-kill-50-boko-haram-members-%e2%80%a23-soldiers-acp-die-7-others-injured\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/c715image.aspx_.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-12-24T05:07:59+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/24\/soldiers-kill-50-boko-haram-members-%e2%80%a23-soldiers-acp-die-7-others-injured\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/24\/soldiers-kill-50-boko-haram-members-%e2%80%a23-soldiers-acp-die-7-others-injured\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/c715image.aspx_.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/c715image.aspx_.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Soldiers Kill 50 Boko Haram Members \u20223 Soldiers, ACP Die, 7 Others Injured - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/24\/soldiers-kill-50-boko-haram-members-\u20223-soldiers-acp-die-7-others-injured\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Soldiers Kill 50 Boko Haram Members \u20223 Soldiers, ACP Die, 7 Others Injured - Ghanamma.com","twitter_description":"The Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen O. A. Ihejirika, on Friday gave details of the exchange of fire between soldiers and members of the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, saying the army killed about 50 members of the sect while three soldiers died in the exchange of gun fire","twitter_image":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/c715image.aspx_.jpg","twitter_creator":"@ghanamma","twitter_site":"@ghanamma","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/24\/soldiers-kill-50-boko-haram-members-%e2%80%a23-soldiers-acp-die-7-others-injured\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/24\/soldiers-kill-50-boko-haram-members-%e2%80%a23-soldiers-acp-die-7-others-injured\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Soldiers Kill 50 Boko Haram Members \u20223 Soldiers, ACP Die, 7 Others Injured","datePublished":"2011-12-24T05:07:59+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/24\/soldiers-kill-50-boko-haram-members-%e2%80%a23-soldiers-acp-die-7-others-injured\/"},"wordCount":529,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/24\/soldiers-kill-50-boko-haram-members-%e2%80%a23-soldiers-acp-die-7-others-injured\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/c715image.aspx_.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/24\/soldiers-kill-50-boko-haram-members-%e2%80%a23-soldiers-acp-die-7-others-injured\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/24\/soldiers-kill-50-boko-haram-members-%e2%80%a23-soldiers-acp-die-7-others-injured\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/24\/soldiers-kill-50-boko-haram-members-%e2%80%a23-soldiers-acp-die-7-others-injured\/","name":"Soldiers Kill 50 Boko Haram Members \u20223 Soldiers, ACP Die, 7 Others Injured - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/24\/soldiers-kill-50-boko-haram-members-%e2%80%a23-soldiers-acp-die-7-others-injured\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/24\/soldiers-kill-50-boko-haram-members-%e2%80%a23-soldiers-acp-die-7-others-injured\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/c715image.aspx_.jpg","datePublished":"2011-12-24T05:07:59+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/24\/soldiers-kill-50-boko-haram-members-%e2%80%a23-soldiers-acp-die-7-others-injured\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/24\/soldiers-kill-50-boko-haram-members-%e2%80%a23-soldiers-acp-die-7-others-injured\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/c715image.aspx_.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/c715image.aspx_.jpg"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20915\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}