Soldiers of the Nigerian military have scored another feat against the Boko Haram sect, by dislodging the terrorists from Lame/Bura forest between Ningi and Torro Local Government Areas of Bauchi State.
Acting Director of Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman, who announced this in a statement issued on Wednesday, stated that troops from 33 Brigade of the Nigerian Army cleared the area of terrorists in an operation which started last weekend.
According to the colonel, “Quite a number of terrorists were killed, their weapons and equipment destroyed. Similarly, a sizeable number of arms, ammunitions, food stuffs, Hilux vehicles, motorcycles and Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) were recovered by the troops.”
Usman informed that the soldiers also recovered three Hilux vehicles, 12 motorcycles, four AK-47 rifles, a Fabrique Nationale rifle, one Small Machine Gun (SMG), one Police Teargas pistol, 36 Primed IEDs, 56 rifles magazines and over 500 rounds of 7.62 milimetre ammunition.
Other items recovered are six jerrycans of groundnut and palm oil and several Improvised Explosive Device-making materials, amongst others.
He pointed out that the liberated area used to be a hideout and operating ground for the terrorists adding that that the Chief of Army Staff, Kenneth Minimah, who was impressed by clearance of the Bauchi forest, commended the troops for a job well done.
This latest success of the Nigerian military is an addition to the countless dislodging of the Boko Haram group from most of its havens in the North Eastern part of Nigeria in a six-week operation to flush the insurgents out of the troubled region.
Way to go. Keep with the good job and be safe. Good job Nigeria Military….