A statement by a spokesman for the military, Colonel Sani Usman, said troops of 21 Brigade Nigerian Army on April 21, carried out clearance operations at Bulari, Tori 1, 2 and 3 during which they successfully cleared the general area of remnants of Boko Haram terrorists.
During the operation, 10 terrorists were killed and one was captured alive while two Civilian JTF accompanying the troops lost their lives.
The troops rescued seven civilians and recovered a Volkswagen Golf car, 15 bicycles and various bags of foodstuffs.
In another operation, the troops of 22 Brigade intercepted 26 persons comprising mostly women and children, coming towards Adah village in Ngala Local Government Area of Borno State, who on interrogation stated that they were held hostage by Boko Haram terrorists, but escaped, as their captors were moving towards Lake Chad general area because of troops’ presence.
Troops of the same Brigade also carried out a fighting patrol, cordon and search operation along Dikwa-Marte road, Kaje, Selenge, Manekura, Mane Gana and Gawayi villages.
Although there was no encounter with the terrorists, the troops recovered five motorcycles, six Boko Haram terrorists’ flags and four bags of grinded corn in Mane Gana village.
They also rescued three women and five children at the same village. The rescued persons told the troops that their husbands were actually Boko Haram terrorists who had ran away towards Lake Chad area due to immense pressure from the military clearance operations.
The statement further said that troops of Three Battalion also conducted patrol towards Diema, Sigel and Kala in which they had an encounter with Boko Haram terrorists.
In the operation, troops killed eight suspected terrorists and recovered two Dane Guns and four assorted batteries.
“The troops of Seven Division Special Fighting Forces attached to 25 Task Force Brigade Damboa, at a checkpoint, arrested a suspected Boko Haram terrorist, Abubakar Bello and six other suspects carrying 28 gallons of “Turkey” brand of vegetable oil, eight bags of flour, 130 crates of soft drinks and two bags of sugar.
“In addition, five mobile telephone handsets, one external hard drive and five flash drives, two national identity cards and the sum of 70,000 Naira were recovered from him,” the statement read.
Preliminary investigation discovered that the terrorists now dilute the vegetable oil with other substances to produce diesel to power their generators.
The troops of 254 Task Force Battalion in conjunction with vigilantes and Borno Youths Empowerment Scheme, also carried out clearance operations at Mufurundi, Kaleri, Masemari, Bego, Bale, Gadzama and Gagantilo villages along Damboa-Bale-Gwoza road.
During the operation, the troops encountered and detonated an Improvised Explosive Device (IED), buried by the terrorists at Gadzama village.
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