The Nigerian Army on Sunday denied alleged killing of 30 soldiers by Boko Haram at Zari village in Guzamala Local Government Area of Borno on Friday.<\/p>\n
An international wire service had reported that troops deployed in Zari in Guzamala Local Government Area were killed when Boko Haram lunched a deadly attack on the village on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n
According to the report, scores of jihadists in trucks stormed the base at Zari village, in northern Borno State late Thursday and briefly seized it after a fierce battle in which 30 soldiers were killed.<\/p>\n
But Brig.-Gen. Texas Chukwu, Director, Army Public Relations, who denied the report in a phone interview with NAN on Sunday.<\/p>\n
He said that the alleged killing was the \u201cfigment of the imagination of the news agency\u201d.<\/p>\n
Chukwu said contrary to the claim, the insurgents did not attack any military formation but rather came to loot foodstuffs and extort money from the locals.<\/p>\n
He said that the insurgents were repelled by the land troops of 82 Task Force deployed in Operation Lafiya Dole, who were closely supported by the Air Task Force.<\/p>\n
\u201cDuring the fire-fight, overwhelming volume of fire was unleashed on the insurgents from both the air and ground troops, neutralising several of them and their weapons.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Boko Haram took some of their corpses and fled while others escaped with bullet injuries, adding that normalcy and sanity was restored in the affected communities.<\/p>\n
It is very unfortunate how people will just sit in the comfort of their zones and fabricate stories that don\u2019t exist, most especially the international media.<\/p>\n
\u201cSuch false narratives, we have always believe are deliberate attempts to promote Boko Haram and their activities against the sovereignty of the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat media organisation was said to have gotten their information from a security personnel and went ahead to file their report without making further inquiries.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is unethical and unprofessional to say the least,\u201d Chukwu added.<\/p>\n
He said Nigerians should disregard all the propaganda stories credited to Boko Haram terrorists as troops were doing their best to ensure that terrorists were expelled from the region<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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