No fewer than 27 Boko Haram militants have been gunned down by soldiers of the Nigerian army forces in the country's north-eastern state of Borno.

Soldiers clashed with the insurgents in the Balmo, Lame and Hildi forests in Adamawa and Bauchi States, South Africa's Independent Online reported, citing a Nigerian Defence Ministry statement, without specifying when the fighting took place.
Source: http://www.ereporter.com.ng/index.php/national-news/item/2041-27-boko-haram-members-killed-in-adamawa-bauchi