The Theater Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Major General Hassan Umoru has disclosed that Nigerian troops killed 63 Boko Haram terrorists and intercepted suicide bombers between January 18 and 22, this year.
General Umoru, who announced this on Friday at a media briefing in Maiduguri, said troops also recovered many AK47 rifles, ammunition, Anti-Aircraft Gun, RPG, GMPG, IEDs, vehicles and motorcycles among other items from the terrorists.
The Theater Commander, who was represented by his Deputy Commander, Major General Lucky Irabor, said troops conducted a fighting patrol at Afe, Kudiye, Souma, Dikwa Mijigeta, Mida villages of Borno State.
According to him; “During the operation, our troops came in contact with Boko Haram terrorist at Kudiye and Mijigete were 370 hostages were rescued and brought to IDP camp in Dikwa during which three rifles and 41 motorcycles were destroyed.”
He said the troops also cleared some Boko Haram hideouts in Wala, Tirkopytir and Durubajuwe in Gwoza local government area, where they recovered GMPG, locally made Dane gun and a grinding machine.
“In Huyum in Askira/Uba Local Government Area, the terrorists sighting troops abandoned their families behind which include five women and 12 children and were currently undergoing interrogation,” he said.
On suicide bombers, the commander said the troops also intercepted three suspected suicide bombers trying to infiltrate Maiduguri, along Maiduguri-Mafa checkpoint of Borno State.
He said two female suicide bombers detonated the explosive which killed them instantly, while the male suicide bomber was immediately gun down while trying run into the troop at the checkpoint.
General Umoru commended the efforts of the troops and renewed call for the troops and the public to be more vigilant and security conscious at all times, especially at checkpoints, worship centre, markets, motor parks and schools.
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