The Multinational Joint Task Force has denied reports published in some online media, claiming Boko Haram terrorists killed 18 soldiers in a recent attack.
A statement issued by Colonel Timothy Antigha, the Chief of Military Public Information, MNJTF, N’Djamena – Chad descbribed the report as “falsehood being orchestrated by the media arm of ISWAP in a desperate attempt to revamp the parlous and deplorable image of ISWAP following several weeks of devastating operational losses in the Lake Chad Area.”
He said: “It has been widely reported and it is now common knowledge that sustained offensive actions by MNJTF troops and national forces have resulted in over 200 ISWAP personnel casualties and defections as well as numerous equipment seizures and destruction.
“The claim of killing 18 MNJTF personnel in an unspecified location is therefore very strange and completely untrue.”