The military has begun an all-out offensive against the Boko Haram terrorists in the northern part of Adamawa State.
Informed military source disclosed to the Nigerian Tribune that some foreign troops had joined the Nigerian military in the fight against the insurgents.
The source revealed that foreign fighter helicopters were also involved in the operation to wipe out the insurgents in the area. It was gathered that one of the foreign helicopters crashed on Monday, but the pilots survived and were rescued. The crash was attributed to technical faults and not enemy action.
The military source said the Nigerian troops, in company with their foreign counterparts, had captured most of the towns hitherto in the hands of the terrorists and were now advancing to Mubi.
It was also revealed that local hunters in the area had joined in the war against terrorists, as they captured them alive and handed them over to the military.
Some of the foreign troops said to be involved in the onslaught were Israelis and Americans.
It was learnt that intelligence reports revealed that ISIS terrorists had been giving Boko Haram terrorists support and this made the foreign troops to join the fight to send them out of the North-East.
The source added that the international community was worried with the new dimension the terrorists’ action had taken with the support of ISIS and had vowed to flush them out from this part of Africa.
Credit: Tribune