The group kills more than 70 Boko Haram members in an ambush in Borno state . They also fend off an attack on a military checkpoint in the state 's capital . CNN 's Vlad Duthiers reported from Nigeria , CNN 's Greg Botelho wrote this story from Atlanta . Two suspected senior Haram members die in fighting there . The Haram seeks to impose a strict version of Sharia law across northeastern Nigeria .
The group kills more than 70 Boko Haram members in an ambush in Borno state . They also fend off an attack on a military checkpoint in the state 's capital . Two suspected senior Haram members die in fighting there . The Haram seeks to impose a strict version of Sharia law across northeastern Nigeria .