Military kills 60 Boko Haram insurgents

Jigawa - The Military Join Task Force (JTF) killed over 60 insurgents in a gun battle at Lamba Forest on the border between Jigawa and Bauchi states, Osun Defenderreports. The military personnel were said to have engaged in a shootout with insurgents suspected to be members of Boko Haram after they planted a road-side bomb which exploded with one of the JTF Hilux killing three military while several others were injured. The JTF was said to have bombarded the forest during the operation which consequently led a mass killing of the insurgents.