Kubulawe amalungu amaqembu ahlomile angama-76 eNigeria: Amasosha



UMtaka ungumbhali wezindaba zamazwe neMeneja kwi-Igunundu Agency.
Amasosha aseNigeria abulale amaphekula angama-76 eBoko Haram kanye ne-Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) enyakatho-mpumalanga yezwe eBorno emasontweni adlule, kusho okhulumela leli zwe.
Amasosha kukholakala ukuthi angamalungu eqembu elihlomile i-Boko Haram kanye neqembu elihlomile i-ISWAP, abelokhu ehlasela enyakatho-mpumalanga yeNigeria kusukela ngowezi-2009 eshiye izigidi zabantu bedukile futhi yabulala izinkulungwane, kanti iBorno ingumsuka wayo.
Lamaqembu ahlomile aseqinise ukuhlasela eBorno kusukela kuqale unyaka, okuhlanganisa nokuhlasela komphakathi waseDumba ngeSonto lapho kwabulawa khona abalimi okungenani abangama-40. Okhulumela umbutho wezempi uMajor-General Edward Buba uthe amasosha abulale amalungu alamaqembu ahlomile angama-24 ngesikhathi sokuhlasela eDamboa, Bama, naseChibok ezindaweni zaseBorno phakathi kukaMasingana ziyisi-7 namhla zili-13.
Akazange anikeze imininingwane ngokulimala kwamasosha ngesikhathi kuqhubeka lo msebenzi. Amasosha abophe abasolwa abangama-72 ahlenga abathunjwa abayisishiyagalombili ngesikhathi kuqhubeka lo mkhankaso, esho esitatimendeni. UBuba uthe kutholwe izikhali nezinhlamvu, okuhlanganisa izibhamu i-AK-47, amabhomu, amabhomu aqhunyiswa ngamarokhethi, neziqhumane ebezithuthukisiwe ngesikhathi kuqhubeka lo msebenzi.