L-R: Assistant Director of Defence Information, Col. Mohammed Dole; Director of Defence
The border town of Damasak has been finally recaptured and occupied by the Multi National Joint Taskforce (MNJTF) on July 28, Thursday.
Damasak is a trading town in Nigeria’s Borno state near Niger’s border and is about 200km (120 miles) from the state’s capital Maiduguri.
The town was overrun by the Boko Haram insurgents, who began their insurgency in 2009 to create an Islamic state, at the end of 2014.
The border town of Damasak has been finally recaptured and occupied by the Multi National Joint Taskforce (MNJTF) on July 28, Thursday.
Damasak is a trading town in Nigeria’s Borno state near Niger’s border and is about 200km (120 miles) from the state’s capital Maiduguri.
The town was overrun by the Boko Haram insurgents, who began their insurgency in 2009 to create an Islamic state, at the end of 2014.
It is one of the last frontiers of Boko Haram terrorists.
Colonel Muhammad Dole, spokesman of MNJTF, revealed this in a brief statement to PRNigeria saying that the soldiers have also cleared the terrorists from the surrounding villages.
“In continuation with clearance operation of the towns and villages by MNJTF, the troops of the Sector 4 in Diffa Niger Republic have successfully cleared Sure village, captured and occupied Damasak town today by 1000hrs.
“The forces are coordinating to stabilize the immediate environs. The gallant troops fought their way into the town with Close Air support by combined Air Operation from MNJTF member states.”
“While Operation Lafiya Dole is conducting operation to link up with Sector 4 at the location, the troops’ morale remains very high.”
The MNJTF is a joint multinational unit, comprising troops from Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria. It is headquartered in N’Djamena, Chad and is authorized to bring an end to the Boko Haram sect.
Muhammadu Buhari during his inauguration on May 29, 2015, has promised to curb the insurgency in Nigeria.
The president appointed new army chiefs and gave them three-month deadline to free the country from the insurgents and renew peace in the north-east.
In December 2015, Buhari officially announced that the Boko Haram has been technically defeated.
However, the suicide attacks continued taking lives of many Nigerians.
On July 25, the Nigerian army has announced the complete elimination of Boko Haram terrorist group camps in the entire north-eastern part of Nigeria.