Breaking News: Troops rescue 338 people held by Boko
Haram:
October 28, 2015 at 11:05 am in News
The Nigerian Army said on Wedneday that troops had
rescued about 338 people held by Boko Haram as well as
killed over 30 Boko Haram terrorists.
The Army in a statemet by Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman
Acting Director Army Public Relations and made avaible
stated that the troops of 28 Task Force Brigade Nigerian
Army deployed at Bitta and Pridang carried out a successful
raid on suspected Boko Haram terrorists camps at Bulajilin
and Manawashe villages along Bita and Damboa road at the
fringes of Sambisa forest on Tuesday. The troops were able
to killed 30 Boko Haram terrorists.
The unit also rescued 338 persons that were held captive by
the terrorists in the enclaves. The rescued persons which
comprised of male 8, female 138 and children 192, have
since been evacuated to Mubi. Troops also recovered arms
and ammunitions during the raid operation which include 1
General Purpose Machine Gun and 2 Dane Guns, 150 rounds
of 7.62mm (NATO), 6 boxes of 7.62mm (NATO) and 3
cutlasses.
In a related development, troops based on a tip off,
ambushed and killed 4 suspected Boko Haram terrorists on
a suicide bombing mission to Gubula, Madagali Local
Government Area, Adamawa State. Apart from 2 AK-47 rifles
recovered, the troops also recovered some Unexploded
Ordinances (UXOs), mortar bombs and cash sum of
N153,385k was retrieved.
It is worthy to note that the raid operation on the Boko
Haram Terrorists enclave coincided with the Chief of Army
Staff’s operational visit to the Brigade Headquarters in Mubi.
The successful clearance operations and ambushing of the
terrorists has further degraded them and saved the lives of
so many innocent victims of their suicide bombings.
Having appealed and given the terrorists final warning, we
would like to state that from now on troops within bounds of
respect for human rights and rules of engagement, we shall
continue to decisively deal with Boko Haram terrorists until
they are defeated.
Therefore, we are appealing for continued vigilance, security
consciousness and above all cooperation with the military
and security agencies to enable us successfully defeat the
terrorists.
You are please requested to disseminate this information to
the public through your medium.
Thank you for your usual and kind cooperation in giving this
release the desired attention.




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