UPDATE ON OPERATION LAFIYA DOLE:
TROOPS KILL 10 BOKO HARAM TERRORISTS
AND ARREST 2


Troops of 3 Battalion, 22 Task Force
Brigade on Friday 10th June 2016,
based on information received that
Boko Haram terrorists elements
earlier dislodged at Chukungudu and
Hausari villages during a recent
clearance operations, were migrating
towards Muska village in Gamboru
Ngala Local Government Area,
conducted fighting patrol operations
in the general area.

During the
encounter, the troops killed 10 Boko
Haram terrorists, captured 2 alive
and rescued a woman with her baby
that were held hostages by the
terrorists.

The troops also recovered several
equipment, arms and ammunition that
include 6 AK-47 rifle magazines, 56
rounds of 7.62m (Special) rounds of
ammunitions, 1 bundle of detonating
cord, a Manual on how to prepare
Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) 2
rifle magazine pouches, a Techno
IPad, a Nokia mobile telephone
handset and 1 Gionee mobile telephone
handset.

Others include 1 Digital Multimetre,
6 SIM cards, 3 Memory cards and 1
Airtel Modem containing memory card
also. The troops also recovered a
wristwatch, 2 Islamic books, an
empty bag and 2 Motorcycles.

The captured terrorists are
undergoing preliminary interrogation
, while rescued woman and her child
are receiving necessary attention
pending onward movement to Internally
Displaced Persons (IDPs) Camp.

Similarly, another element of the
Battalion also conducted another
fighting patrol to Wumbi village
based on received information on the
presence of remnants of Boko Haram
terrorists in the area.
The patrol
team recovered 157 rounds of 7.62mm
(NATO) ammunition and 37 rounds of
7.62mm (Special) ammunition.

In a related development, troops of
22 Brigade Garrison intercepted 15
IDPs, all male adults, approaching
Dikwa from Mudu Kasa village. They
revealed that some Boko Haram
terrorists occasionally visit and
terrorise their village and
forcefully collect food and
valuables. They further alleged that
the terrorists came in numbers with
some of them holding AK-47 rifles,
while others wield machetes.

As part of the troops mandate of
facilitating humanitarian assistance
by both Governmental and Non-
governmental Organizations (NGOs) to
the IDPs, troops also provided
security to International Committee
of the Red Cross (ICRC) same day.

The troops provided security to the
ICRC’s contractors sinking 5
boreholes around Dikwa IDP camp.

They troops would continue to provide
the needed security to facilitate
humanitarian assistance and
activities in the area.
Thank you for your usual and kind
cooperation.

Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman
Acting Director Army Public Relations



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