the nigerian military says it has destroyed the headquarters of boko haram in the barbaric terrorist organisation's de facto capital city gwoza the official twitter account for the nigerian defense headquarters announced 'flash: troops this morning captured gwoza destroying the headquarters of the terrorists self styled caliphate' it followed with 'several terrorists died while many are captured mopping up of entire #gwoza and her suburbs is ongoing' boko haram chief abubakar shekau declared the northeast nigerian city to be the capital of a new islamic caliphate after he seized the town in august earlier this month boko haram pledged allegiance to the islamic state, formally recognising abu bakr al baghdadi as their spiritual leader liberators: the nigerian military says its soldiers (pictured) have destroyed the headquarters of boko haram in the barbaric terrorist organisation's de facto capital city gwoza  breakthrough: the failure of president goodluck jonathan (left) to defeat boko haram has dogged nigeria's leader as he stands for re election tomorrow it was not immediately possible to verify this morning's morale boosting announcement from gwoza   but critics have questioned its timing  goodluck jonathan's opponents have said the offensive against boko haram is a political ploy ahead of tomorrow's election (a billboard for which is pictured) they have asked why nigeria's military, of which jonathan is the commander in chief, is suddenly is capable of doing what it has failed to do for six years  it was not possible to verify this morning's morale boosting announcement, which comes just one day before critical presidential elections in nigeria the twitter messages made no mention  of military operations in sambisa forest, where nigeria's home grown islamic extremist group is believed to have several camps warplanes have been bombarding the area for weeks the forest starts about 20 miles from gwoza town, which is 80 miles southeast of maiduguri   the borno state capital state and boko haram's birthplace sambisa forest is where extremists first took nearly 300 schoolgirls kidnapped from a boarding school in chibok almost a year ago dozens escaped on their own but 219 remain missing the failure of the government and military of president goodluck jonathan to rescue the girls created international outrage and continues to dog nigeria's leader as he stands for re election nigeria's military, with support of troops and military aircraft from neighboring countries, in the past two months has retaken dozens of towns from boko haram this comes after months of defeat at the hands of boko haram, with soldiers fleeing the battlefield after they ran out of ammunition jonathan's opponents have said the offensive is a political ploy, asking why nigeria's military, of which jonathan is the commander in chief, is suddenly is capable of doing what it has failed to do for nearly six years brutal: boko haram chief abubakar shekau (pictured) declared the northeast nigerian city to be the capital of a new islamic caliphate after he seized the town in august  earlier this month boko haram militants (pictured during a recent filmed beheading) pledged allegiance to the islamic state, formally recognising iraqi abu bakr al baghdadi as their spiritual leader  on the run: civilians who fled the fighting in bama and the surrounding areas in recent days gather a makeshift camp for displaced people on the outskirts of maiduguri  reports from the newly liberated town of bama say the city has been devastated by the militants' occupation and the efforts to re take the city   with the army claiming the stench of death hangs heavy in the air the devastation is visible from the air in bama corrugated iron roofs lie ripped off among charred debris, the walls of the houses blackened with soot or in ruins on the dusty roads that separate properties in the second biggest town in borno state, northeast nigeria, the sightand smellis much worse, with evidence of atrocities everywhere the nigerian military forced out boko haram from bama earlier this month as they did so, locals who managed to escape said the islamists set fire to homes, including the emir's palace but clearly much worse happenedand the evidence is on the streets, beneath them and in the parched fields beyond troops found the decomposing body of a man in a sewer, in the fetal position surrounded by trash and human waste soldiers cover their noses as more remains are found elsewhere nigerian troops celebrate after taking control of bama from boko haram militants earlier this week  nigerian troops are seen taking up positions in the northeast nigerian town of bama earlier this week  reports from the newly liberated town of bama say the city has been devastated by the militants' occupation and the efforts to re take the city   with the army claiming the stench of death hangs heavy in the air  earlier this week it emerged that boko haram had abducted hundreds of women and children  from primary schools  to use them as 'human shields' the islamic militants took adults and children from primary schools in the north eastern town of damasak as troops from niger and chad approached a month ago, mike omeri, the nigerian spokesman for the fight against boko haram, confirmed this week when the soldiers arrived, they found the town largely deserted   with local reports suggesting as many as 500 people were taken in the raids mr omeri refused to be drawn on exactly how many people had been taken by boko haram militants, but he was clear on the reason why they had been kidnapped 'boko haram  rushed to primary schools they took children and adults that they are using as shields to protect themselves from the menacing advance of troops,' he said 'they are being used as shields by boko haram' damasak, which is near the border with niger and had been held by boko haram for months, was recaptured on march 16   but officials have only confirmed the kidnappings now evidence of a mass grave was also discovered by the troops from chad and niger, who now hold the town, chad's ambassador to the un mahamat zene cherif confirmed wednesday kidnapped: as many as 500 women and children were taken from damasak, in north eastern nigeria, as chadian troops (pictured) advanced on the town, which had been held by boko haram for months  defence: officials believe they were taken so they could be used as human shields when troops arrived pictured: chadian army celebrates entering damasak   showing off one of boko haram's flags  last week, the troops found the bodies of at least 70 people in an apparent execution site under a bridge leading out of damasak, which had been used as an administrative centre for the extremists who hope to create their own 'caliphate' in the region the six year battle against the insurgents is one of the major issues voters will be considering on saturday thousands have already lost their lives   including an estimated 10,000 last year alone   while more than 174,000 people are thought to have fled to neighbouring cameroon, chad and niger as refugees analysts attribute the success to newly acquired war materiel including tanks, armored cars and helicopter gunships, training by foreign instructors and a joint offensive with battle hardened soldiers from neighboring chad, as well as troops from niger and cameroon a regional offensive against boko haram was mounted at the end of january amid growing international concern as boko haram seized territory the size of belgium the terror group also pledged to become the west africa franchise of the islamic state group operating in syria and iraq, and as the nigerian insurgents spread their attacks across borders at least 10,000 people were killed in the islamic uprising last year and more than 15 million people have been driven from the homes
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