THE Nigerian Army said early today that its troops of Operation Lafiya Dole, in the North East, killed many Boko Haram terrorists in ambush at the early hours of Sunday.

Its counterpart, the Nigerian Air Force said it struck some buildings occupied by the terrorists in a bomb raid, killing many terrorists.

The Army, in the statement by Brigadier General Sani Usman, Director Army Public Relations, said the troops of 151 Battalion, 21 Brigade carried out the ambush against the terrorists at the early hours of Sunday 10th September 2017.

The successful ambush, he explained, was on suspected Boko Haram terrorists crossing point at Bocost along Ngurosoye -Bama road, Borno State.

"The troops neutralized a large number of the Boko Haram terrorists, while other terrorists sustained gunshot wounds."

"A statement by the Director of Public Relations & Information,DOPRI, Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore Olatukunbo Adesanya, read:"On 7 September, 2017, the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, conducted air interdiction on structures with two hoisted Boko Haram Terrorists, BHT Organization flags in Zanari, a known location with significant BHT presence at the northern fringes of Borno State bordering Lake Chad. "Quite a number of BHTs had earlier been spotted, from a NAF Intelligence Surveillance & Reconnaissance platform, entering the buildings apparently for meetings."

The statement explained that the objective of Operation Ruwan Wuta, was to further degrade the capability of the Boko Haram terrorists, "Thereby preventing them from regrouping to cause havoc for our surface forces."