A clash that occured between Nigerian Military and the world deadliest terrorist group,Boko Haram, has made the group to suffer the lose of 27 member to the Nigerian Military.
At least 27 Boko Haram terrorists were killed
as Troops of 7 Division in Operation Lafiya
Dole and troops of 3 Battalion, launched
separate attacks in the terrorist hideouts in
Borno state.
This was contained in a statement made
available to Source by Colonel Sani
Kukasheka Usman, the acting director army
public relations.
According to him, the troops were able carry
out clearance operations, raids and patrols
that resulted in the killing of the many
suspected Boko Haram terrorists, arrests
and rescue of persons, as well as recovery
of arms and ammunition.
The statement reads: “In continuation of
clearance operations of the remnants of Boko
Haram terrorists, troops of 7 Division in
Operation LAFIYA DOLE have been making
tremendous progress in their various areas of
operational responsibilities. They were able to
carry out clearance operations, raids and
patrols that resulted in the killing of so many
suspected Boko Haram terrorists, arrests and
rescue of persons, as well as recovery of arms
and ammunitions.
“On Thursday, April 21, troops of 21 Brigade
Nigerian Army carried out clearance operations
at Bulari, Tori 1, 2 and 3 during which they
successfully cleared the general area of
remnants of Boko Haram terrorists.
“During the operation, 10 terrorists were killed
and one was captured alive. Unfortunately, 2
Civilian JTF accompanying the troops lost their
lives. The troops rescued 7 civilians and
recovered a Volkswagen Golf car, 15 bicycles
and various bags of foodstuffs.
“The troops of 22 Brigade on the other hand
intercepted 26 persons comprising mostly
women and children, coming towards Adah
village in Ngala local government area of
Borno state, who on interrogation stated that
they were held hostage by Boko Haram
terrorists, but escaped as their captors were
moving towards Lake Chad general area
because of troops presence.
“Similarly, troops of the same Brigade carried
out a fighting patrol, cordon and search
operation on Thursday 21st April 2016, along
Dikwa-Marte road, Kaje, Selenge, Manekura,
Mane Gana and Gawayi villages. Although
there wasn’t any encounter with the terrorists,
the troops recovered 5 motorcycles, 6 Boko
Haram terrorists flags and 4 bags of grinded
corn in Mane Gana village. They also rescued
3 women and 5 children at the same village.
The rescued persons told the troops that their
husbands were actually Boko Haram terrorists
who have ran away towards Lake Chad area
due to immense pressure from the military
clearance operations.
“On their part, troops of 3 Battalion also
conducted patrol towards Diema, Sigel and
Kala in which they had an encounter with Boko
Haram terrorists in which the gallant troops
killed 8 of them and recovered 2 Dane Guns
and 4 assorted batteries.
“The troops of 7 Division Special Fighting
Forces attached to 25 Task Force Brigade
Damboa, at a checkpoint, arrested a suspected
Boko Haram terrorist, Abubakar Bello and 6
other suspects carrying 28 gallons of “Turkey”
brand of vegetable oil, 8 bags of flour, 130
crates of soft drinks and 2 bags of sugar. In
addition, 5 mobile telephone handsets, 1
external hard drive and 5 flash drives, 2
national identity cards and the sum of Seventy
Thousand Naira (N70,000.00k) only were
recovered from him. Preliminary investigation
discovered that the terrorists now dilute the
vegetable oil with other substances to produce
diesel to power their generators.
“The troops of 254 Task Force Battalion in
conjunction with vigilantes and Borno Youths
Empowerment Scheme (BOYES), also carried
out clearance operations at Mufurundi, Kaleri,
Masemari, Bego, Bale, Gadzama and Gagantilo
villages along Damboa-Bale-Gwoza road.
During the operation, the troops encountered
and detonated an Improvised Explosive Device
(IED), buried by the terrorists at Gadzama
village. They also encountered Boko Haram
terrorists at Bego where they engaged the
terrorists, neutralized them and cleared their
camps within the general area. In the
encounter, the troops killed 9 Boko Haram
terrorists and recovered 1 AK-47 rifle with
registration number TH5712 and 17 rounds of
7.62mm (Special) ammunition. They also
rescued 157 persons held hostages by the
terrorists.
“The troops of 26 Task Force Brigade
stationed in Gwoza yesterday also intercepted
8 suspected Boko Haram terrorists, trying to
enter Gwoza town. Though they claimed to be
farmers coming from Shiadawey, Takwala and
Amdaga Madachi villages respectively, which
were known terrorists hideouts, preliminary
investigations showed that they were indeed
terrorists on a recruitment drive. This was
made manifest when the sum of Six Hundred
and Thirty Seven Thousand (N637,000.00k)
Naira was discovered on Abdullahi Yakubu
who was identified by another escapee/
suspected Boko Haram terrorist as having
trading links with the terrorists while the
others were confirmed to have participated in
carrying out various terrorists acts for the
Boko Haram terrorists group. Similarly, one
Ibrahim Bute aged 67 years, of Gobara village
was arrested by the troops on suspicion of
being a Boko Haram kingpin.
“Troops of 114 Task Force Battalion of 28
Task Force Brigade also conducted a fighting
patrol along Bitta-Madube-Izge axis same day.
“The troops of 117 Task Force Battalion
following a tip off, also arrested a suspected
Boko Haram terrorist who gave his name as
Bello Isah at Mugulvu village. The unit also
discovered and retrieved 29 rounds of
7.62mm (Special) rounds of ammunition
hidden at a farm in Gella village.
“The troops in various deployments within the
theatre remain vigilant with soaring morale and
committed to their duties of clearing the
remnants of the Boko Haram terrorists hiding
in various remote corners and crannies.”
Troops discovers the sum of Six Hundred
and Thirty Seven Thousand (N637,000.00)
Naira from Adullahi Yakubu, who allegedly
has trade links with Boko Haram
Meanwhile, Governor Kashim Shettima has
announced that Borno state is now free of
terror.
The governor noted that the Boko Haram
sect had not been totally annihilated.
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