Gen Olukolade tweets on Baga, reports on number of casualties

In a series of tweets, Nigeria Defence Spokesperson, Gen Chris Olukolade reacted to all conflicting reports about Baga, the fight to reclaim Baga, the number of civilians, military and militants killed during last week's attack by Boko Haram members.

According to Gen Olukolade, the number of deaths in Baga, both of civilians and military cannot be "creditably counted". He also added that the military cannot also count the number of Boko Haram members they killed. He says that Nigeria owns the fight against the terror group and that for best reasons known to them, Niger and Chad government withdrew their troops from the Multi Joint Task Force unit in Baga. See his tweets after the cut...