ARMY ADMITS BOKO HARAM KILLED 15 SOLDIERS IN BORNO ATTACK

No fewer than 70 persons, including 15 soldiers, died in the
military operations to track down the insurgents who carried out the
last Friday's pre-dawn attacks on Mohammed Kur Barracks in Bama,
Borno State.
The remaining 55 comprised of 50 insurgents and five villagers.
The Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Chris Olukolade, who
made this known in a statement on Monday, added that 20 vehicles
belonging to the insurgents were also destroyed during the attack.
Olukolade said the vehicles were sighted during an air connoisseur
exercise while they were about to escape to Cameroun.
He said that some of the insurgents were arrested while several
others escaped with gunshot wounds.
Olukolade's statement reads in part, "The military operations to
track insurgents who carried out the last Friday pre-dawn attacks on
Mohammed Kur Barracks, Bama, has led to the destruction of over 20
vehicles conveying escaping terrorists.
"The vehicles were the ones used during the attack on the barracks and
were sighted through air surveillance as the terrorists were making
efforts to cross the borders back to their haven in Cameroun.
"Although a good number of the insurgents escaped with bullet wounds
while some were arrested, over 50 of them died in the course of
exchange of fire with ground troops in the ongoing operations to
apprehend fleeing terrorists.
"The military has lost 15 soldiers mostly from the attack while some
died during the pursuit. Five civilians also died during the attack.
Intensive cordon and search operations is still ongoing to fish out
the insurgents who might be lurking around communities in the area.
"Families affected by the attacks have been relocated to other
military locations."