According to reports, soldiers have rescued 3,000 people from areas under the control of Boko Haram following a heavy gun battle with the terrorists on Wednesday. It was also reported that the military killed at least two terrorists during this operation. The thousands of civilians were held under the control of militants in villages around Dikwa Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno State.
The Army Headquarters Strike Group responsible for the liberation of those civilians was engaged in a fierce gun battle with terrorists on Wednesday in Kudel and Kawari villages, which are about 11 kilometers from Dikwa town. The civilians have been screened by both the military and Civilian Joint Task Force (JTF) and have since been placed in Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in Dikwa where more than 50,000 people currently reside.
