Abuja: The Nigerian Army has said its troops killed 20 Boko Haram suspects in a raid on the insurgents' camp in northeastern Borno state, and destroyed vehicles and 50 motorcycles.
The offensive came in response to a series of attacks by the insurgents on unarmed civilians around the Nigeria-Cameroon-Niger border communities since last week, Xinhua reported Saturday.
Army authorities said they subsequently deployed troops in the area to flush out the Boko Haram men in a fierce offensive targeted against the sect's camp at Bita town, a stronghold of Boko Haram insurgents from where they launched attacks on isolated villages and motorists along the road to Gwoza and Damboa.
Lt. Col. Muhammad Dole, the spokesman of the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, said that a soldier died in the encounter and three others were wounded.
