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Nigerian troops capture Boko Haram camps in northeast

Xinhua, April 8, 2015 Adjust font size:

Nigerian troops confronting Boko Haram fighters in northeastern part of the country on Tuesday sacked the terrorists from the Alagamo forest in the state of Borno.

Spokesperson for the Nigerian Army Sani Usman said in a statement reaching Xinhua that troops along with support from the Nigerian Air Force, cleared the last camp of Boko Haram terrorists in Alagarno forest located in the state of Borno.

He said the key terrorists' camps within the forest includes Falluja and Timbuktu camps which have all been cleared.

"So far, a lot of recoveries including armored fighting vehicles and computers were made," he said, adding that troops were now mopping up the general area and that more details of the operations would be disclosed later.

Aside being one of the strongholds of terrorists in the state, Alagarno forest also provided routes used by the terrorists to neighboring towns and countries.

The thick forest in the area had made it a safe haven for the terrorists for a long time as the terrain was not easily accessible and it was endowed with natural hideouts from aerial bombardments. Endi