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MAIDUGURI—The Nigerian Army said yesterday that it had deployed its newly-acquired hi-tech mine clearing equipment in the ongoing military operation against Boko Haram in the North East. This came as Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lt. General Tukur Buratai, inspected military hardware recently deployed to the Operation Lafiya Dole theatre Command as the military pushes towards final defeat of Boko Haram insurgency in the North-east. Army Army Acting Director Army Public Relation, Col. Sani Usman, in a statement on update of the counter-insurgency, said other supporting weapons and ammunition had also been launched in the ongoing operations across the area. He said the commissioned equipment were the first mine clearing machine in the inventory of the Nigerian Army and among the best in the world. The Army spokesman said the introduction of new equipment for the northeast operation had begun to yield results. Usman disclosed that Nigerian troops in joint operation with their Cameroonian counterparts had destroyed many of the insurgents’ hideouts around Bank-Kumashe axis. He said several suspected insurgents were killed in the particular operation while different kinds of items were recovered. According to him, the joint operation between elements of 7 Division and the Cameroonian forces along Banki-Kumshe axis, led to the killing of 20 Boko Haram terrorists, destruction of 4 AK 47 rifles and capture of a gun truck mounted with an Anti-Aircraft Gun (AA Gun) and 2 AK 47 rifles, as well as a 60mm mortar and a Dane gun. He however lamented that three soldiers sustained injuries and a vehicle damaged as a result of an Improvised Explosive Device, IED. Usman added that 150 persons, mainly children, were rescued at Kodo community in Borno by troops in the ongoing offensive against the insurgents. Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/02/ army-deploys-new-hi-tech-mine-clearing-equipment- against-boko-haram/

Nigerian Troops Are Better Equipped For War Against Terror Nigeria’s Chief of Army staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, on Wednesday assured Nigerians that the troops on the front line are now better equipped for the counter-terrorism war. The army chief gave the assurance while assessing the equipment recently acquired to prosecute the war against terror in Nigeria’s north east region. Buratai further told journalists that despite pockets of desperate attacks by the insurgents, troops have been making progress. Buratai has also said the collaboration between Nigerian army and neighbouring countries under the Multi National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) arrangement is paying off. He listed Armoured Personnel Carriers (APC), unmanned camera drones and desert motorbikes as part of the equipment acquired. Buratai said that the Nigerian Army is effectively using satellite and communication facilities for proper coordination, maintaining that the war is now technology driven.

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