As the onslaught against Boko Haram terrorists continue, Chad\u2019s President Idriss Deby has warned the sect\u2019s factional leader, Abubakar Shekau, to surrender or risk being killed inside his Dikoa hideout.
\nDeby issued the warning in a state address to his countrymen shortly after leading his Army in an offensive against the terrorists that left about 100 killed.
\nAccording to the President, who spoke in French, Shekau has the chance to surrender now or risk being smoked out of his hideout in Dikoa and he would be killed the same say some of his commanders were killed.
\nFollowing a seven-hour ambush on Chadian troops by the terrorists that left 92 soldiers dead recently, Deby who said he would not accept defeat launched Operation Wrath of Bomo to avenge the death of his men.
\nNamed after the town where the Chadian soldiers were killed, the operation, which commenced, last Thursday, saw the president leading his armed forces to battle at Kelkoua bank and Magumeri where they fired rockets and 12.5mm rounds of ammunition on the criminals.
\nThe troops were said to have also destroyed several BHTs bunkers, recovered cache of arms and arrested a top BHT commander.
\nAt Magumeri, a local government in the northern Borno State, the Chadian troops were alleged to have set free some Nigerian soldiers held captive by terrorists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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