Five terrorist camps under Boko Haram control in Borno State have been destroyed by Nigerian troops, according to the Nigerian Army.
The army killed two Boko Haram terrorists, recovered two guns and destroyed 12 motorcycles abandoned by terrorists fleeing the army's advances.
The 5 Brigade Task Group of the Nigerian army cleared five camps on Wednesday, moving closer to the government's aim to remove Boko Haram's presence in Nigeria by December 2015.
"In efforts to continually dominate, recover territories and clear all Nigerian territory of Boko Haram vestiges, the advancing troops of 5 Brigade Task Group have today [Wednesday] cleared 5 more terrorists camps at Hausari and Baranga in Marte Local Government Area of Borno State", said Col Sani Usman, the Acting Director of Army Public Relations.
"The troops during an encounter with Boko Haram terrorists at the camps killed 2 terrorists and recovered 2 Dane guns and a Double Barrel gun, while 12 motorcycles abandoned by some fleeing terrorists were destroyed.
"In addition, a suspected female member of the terrorist group was captured and is currently undergoing interrogation."
This is the latest in a series of military actions by this brigade, who have cleared and destroyed 20 similar camps in the last month.
Usman said that while the army was focused on achieving their objective of removing Boko Haram from Nigeria, they "remained committed to ensuring that they cleared and secure all known Boko Haram terrorists' camps and enclaves so that no terrorist infiltrates and returns to any of the recovered areas."
