massive armory full of weapons, money and
ammunition belonging to dreaded Islamic terrorists,
Boko Haram in one of the camps raided yesterday
as part of the ongoing counter-terrorism operations.
According to Major General Chris Olukolade, Defence
Headquarters' Information Director, the military also
recovered large quantity of arms from the terrorists
that got killed in the night raid.
Similar counter-terrorism operation was also carried
out by Multi-National JTF in other camps along Lake
Chad where huge amounts of cash were recovered
with 7 Boko Haram members captured alive.
During the operation, 1 soldier died and 5 others
severely wounded.
Major General Olukolade further stated that the
troops conducting a cordon and search for remnants
of the daring terrorists who attacked Giwa Barracks
in Maiduguri yesterday, had an encounter with some
of them in the general area of Kayamla and Alu Dam
on the outskirts of Maiduguri this morning. More of
them were either killed or arrested.
"Those captured in the encounter are providing
useful information towards the discovery of other
hide outs of the daring terrorists. "It has been
revealed that the terrorists are now desperate to
either free or kill the ones being detained, with a
view to avenging or preventing further revelations
about their operations and hide outs as this has been
frustrating their plans lately."
He said that more bodies of dead terrorists have
been discovered along the routes of their attempted
escape, and that the morale and fighting spirit of the
troops have been further boosted by the outcome of
the operations so far.
"Meanwhile, cordon and search as well as patrols and
pursuit by air and land is continuing in the entire
mission area of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States,"
he said.
See more photos of weapons recovered from the
terrorists.
Sent From David Aniemeka
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