The ongoing battle to completely dislodge the insurgents have been largely successful as the Boko Haram members are on the run and the troops have already begun re-capturing territories that were hitherto controlled by the insurgents before now.
The Nigerian elections had been postponed by the electoral umpire, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) with pressures from the Nigerian military, citing the battle against the insurgents as one of their reasons for pushing for a shift in the election dates.
The elections shift seem to have been justified as the Nigerian military have made appreciable progress in winning the war against the insurgents with help from their West African counterparts.
Reuters Joe Penny joins the Chadian and Nigerien troops in their operations in Damasak town in northern Nigeria which was re-captured from Boko Haram by the troops. See the images below:
A Chadian soldier stands in a bedroom that residents say a Boko Haram militant had forcefully seized and occupied in Damasak
A wall painted by Boko Haram is pictured in Damasak
Girls watch soldiers from Niger and Chad in Damasak
An
aerial view shows houses outside the town of Diffa, Niger. Diffa is
where Nigerien and Chadian troops fighting insurgent group Boko Haram
are based
General view of a church that residents say was burned by Boko Haram militants is seen in Damasak
Chadian and Nigerian soldiers look at the decaying corpses at a mass grave in the town
Chadian soldiers sit in a military pickup truck in the town
Colonel Barmou Salaou (C), commander of Niger’s armed forces in the Diffa region, looks on after landing in Damasak
A Boko Haram flag hoisted by the militants pictured
Chadian soldiers in the town
Chadian soldiers carry weapons captured from Boko Haram in a pickup truck in the town
A Nigerien soldier walks out of a house that residents say a Boko Haram militant had forcefully seized and occupied in Damasak
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