Below is the statement issued today, April 22, by
Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, Acting Director
Army Public Relations:
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, 21st April 2016, 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.
Thank you for your continued support and
cooperation
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