Nigerian Troops Kill terrorists on
Dikwa-Maiduguri Road
In
compliance with the directive of Chief of Army Staff, Major General Tukur Yusuf
Buratai, the Nigerian troops have increased the tempo of their offensive as
they kill many terrorists during a recent combat operation along Dikwa-Maiduguri Road in
Borno State.
General
Buratai while renaming the counter-insurgency operation to “Operaton Zaman
Lafiya Dole,” had urged the troops not to wait for Boko Haram to attack but
to take the battle to the insurgents’ hideout.
PRNigeria
gathered that through a combine operation involving the ground troops and
airforce, the Nigerian military mercilessly dealt devastating blow on the
terrorists who could not escape during the encounter.
Some of the
items recovered from the terrorists included vehicles heavily laden with
Improvised Explosives Devices (IEDs), motorcycles, trucks mounted with
Anti-Aircraft Guns, Anti-Aircraft Gun, General Purpose Machine, Gunbox of
Anti-Aircraft Gun Ammunition and Rifles.
While
reluctant to provide the exact figure of casualty from the operation, the
spokesperson of the Nigerian Army, Colonel Sani Usman Kukasheka confirmed that
recent military operations against the terrorists have been very successful as
the terrorists are on the run.
Colonel Kukasheka said that in
one of the recent operations, the military attacked terrorists’ logistics base
where IED was planted with connected wires traced to a kingpin’s residence.
He said due
to recent concerted efforts, roads and towns hitherto being held by Boko Haram
terrorists and laced with mines such as Biu-Buni Yadi-Damaturu and Biu-Sabon
Gari-Damboa roads were liberated and cleared of mines and made safe for public
usage.
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