Troops kill 15 insurgents in Borno

Combined troops of Operation Lafiya Dole and Camerounian Defence Forces yesterday killed 15 Boko Haram insurgents in separate encounters in Southern Lake Chad Basin. Troops neutralised the insurgents whilst conducting operations to clear remnants of Boko Haram insurgents in the Lake Chad Islands and surrounding villages of northern Borno yesterday.
The Theatre Command, Operation Lafiya Dole, in a statement yesterday by its Deputy Director, Public Relations, Col Onyema Nwachukwu, said the troops dislodged the insurgents from their hideout after a fierce battle, killing 11 insurgents in Gomaran village of Southern Lake Chad Basin. In two other separate encounters with the fleeing insurgents in Firgi and Moula, both in Bama and Dikwa local governments areas of Borno state, troops also ambushed and neutralised 4 Boko Haram insurgents who were fleeing troops’ onslaught in the northern fringes. The clearance operations also led to the recovery of one Single Barrel Gun, one dane gun and one locally made pistol.
Other items recovered from the dislodged insurgents include 4 motorcycles, motorcycle spare parts, 2 tricycles, 6 pumping machines, and 2 power generating sets. Additionally, the valiant troops captured 2 Boko Haram flags, a pair of camouflage uniform, a pair of combat boots, a camera, a bag of mechanical tools and medications. Four men, 33 women and 16 children were rescued by the troops from the insurgents’ hideouts.
The rescued hostages are currently being profiled for subsequent hand over to officials of the Internally Displaced Persons Camp for documentation and administering. In another development, an aged Boko Haram terrorist yesterday killed himself in a suicide bomb attack around a telephone mast in Konduga in Borno state. “The elderly man pretending to be weak and feeble was being searched by men of the Civilian Joint Task Force, when he detonated a suicide vest contained in a bag he was carrying,” the statement said. It added that, unfortunately, three Civilian Joint Task Force members paid the supreme price in the incident, explaining that the wounded had been evacuated for medical attention.

 

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