The military success will be boost to the incumbent Goodluck Jonathan who’s running against former General Muhamadu Buhari.

Nigerian military say they’re mopping up now after retaking the north eastern town of Gwoza where the Islamist militant group Boko Haram is headquartered.

They say many of the jihadis were killed in the operation.

The election was postponed for six weeks so the military could engage Boko Haram.

In that time several towns held by the terrorists have been overrun.

However the insurgents are still holding more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped in Chibok last April and hundreds of young boys they’re planning to turn into child soldiers.

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Witnesses say the children were deliberately targeted by the terrorists who destroyed the village by fire.

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Boko Haram fighters are redoubling their efforts in the weeks running up the country’s most important election in decades.

The militants are amassing in the strategic town of Gwoza against a possible fight-back by military forces.

The atrocity in Njaba, some 50 kilometres from the Borno state capital Maiduguri, is aimed at vigilantes opposing the jihadis.

Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger are engaged in a joint operation against the Islamists, who have captured swathes of territory in the northeast and also begun cross-border attacks.

The military says it’s recaptured of several key towns, including Baga, on the shores of Lake Chad.

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