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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