Nigerian forces used jets and attack helicopters to bombard Islamist militant camps in the northeast today Friday, killing a number of insurgents, the defense headquarters spokesman said.
Brigadier-General Chris Olukolade told Reuters that several camps had been attacked, including the Sambisa game reserve in Borno state, but did not have further details.
“A number of insurgents have been killed. It is not just Sambisa, every camp is under attack. But we have not done the mopping up operations on the ground to determine the numbers killed,” Olukolade said.
Meanwhile an unnamed army spokesperson told the BBC that at least 30 militants were killed during tthe air raids on their training camps.
The spokesman confirmed that jets and helicopter gunships had been used to attack several camps.
Nigerian forces are trying to regain territory controlled by increasingly well-armed Boko Haram Islamist insurgents in their northeastern stronghold states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa, which were put under a state of emergency by President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday.
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