Denies the losses of the Nigerian army by an armed group attack

Reports of the possible abduction of 20 soldiers after the attack of the base in Bama, Borno State (north-east) Saturday are false; In action, the soldiers, backed by the air force, neutralized 22 members of Boko Haram, says a statement by the official spokesman of the Ministry of Defense

Boko Haram is an armed group of Islamist inclination loyal to the Islamic terrorist state. General is located in the state of Borno, and is the main enemy of the Nigerian federal government, with extensive operations in Niger, Cameroon and Chad.

The clarification follows dispatches from a news agency that is not Prensa Latina, according to the Nigerian Federal Government, hired a few weeks ago as part of the DEEP PUNCH operation II (Deep Strike II, in English), ensures that Boko Haram is in a state of extinction. 19659003] While it is true that the members of the entity have lost territories that they once controlled, they continue to carry out attacks, attacks and kidnappings of officials in rural and urban areas. urban.

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