Successful offensive against Boko Haram two liberated cities

"Madagali is the last local government that has not been recovered, but it will be"

Boko Haram has been expelled from two cities in northern Nigeria. The joint offensive by Chadian and Nigerian troops launched this weekend against Islamist bearing fruit. Fifteen Chadian and Nigerien soldiers died and about 300 Boko Haram members were killed in the fighting, according to the military.

"We have regained all the territories controlled by Boko Haram says Lieutenant Colonel Asuqou Eka. As we speak, Madagali is the last local government that has not been recovered, but it will be normal. "

If the city Madagali remains to release the Islamists were driven from Malam Fatouri and Damasak, troops from Chad and Niger who attacked on several fronts.

Saturday, Boko Haram announced it paid allegiance to Islamic state.



Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Benin have mobilized thousands of soldiers to help Nigeria. But the constitution of a multinational force of 8,700 men is not easy to implement.