Acting Director Army Public
Relations, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, released a press statement from
the Nigerian Army to the public. The statement reads that troops
have intensified efforts of clearing remnants of Boko Haram terrorists
in some hideouts in the North Eastern part of the country. In line with
this on Saturday, soldiers of 121 Task Force Battalion, 26 Task Force Brigade carried out a clearance operations at Dure district.
During the encounter, troops met
stiff resistance from the terrorists. They however overcome and cleared
Dure 1, Dure 2 and Jango, Dibiye and
other suspected Boko Haram terrorists hideouts within the general area
of the district. Three soldiers however sustained injuries as a result
of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED). They were immediately evacuated
for medical treatment and are in stable condition.
During the operation, troops killed
several terrorists and recovered 2 hand held Motorola radios one of
which was booby-trapped, materials for Improvised Explosive making
Devices and destroyed several grains storage facilities.
Simultaneously, another combined
team of units under 26 Task Force Brigade based in Gwoza same day
cleared Amdaga Makaranta and Amdaga Madachi of remnants of Boko Haram
terrorists. During the encounter 2 Boko Haram terrorists fighters were
killed.
According to General Officer
Commanding 7 Division, Brigadier General Victor Okwudili Ezugwu, prior
to the clearance operation, Dure 1 and 2 were Boko Haram strong holds in
the mainland of Sambisa forest. The operation further revealed the new
and desperate strategy of Boko Haram terrorists; hiding their logistics
especially grains for the rainy season in dugouts and the use of hand
held radios primed with Improvised Explosive Devices as booby-traps.
He assured that the Nigerian
military is confident that God that gives victory is helping the
military to decode and frustrate all terrorists’ evil plans and
machinations. General Ezugwu further noted that it is the military's
determined objective to ensure that the menace of Boko Haram would be
consigned to the dustbin of inglorious history in the annals of
Nigeria's corporate existence as a nation.
It is imperative to state that we
shall not rest on our oars in implementing the directives of our
indefatigable Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu
Buratai to ensure that Boko Haram terrorists are completely defeated and
their remnants are cleared wherever they may be hibernating.
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