At least 27 Boko Haram terrorists were killed as Troops of 7 Division in Operation Lafiya Dole and troops of 3 Battalion, launched
separate attacks in the terrorist hideouts in Borno state.

This was contained in
a statement made
available to reporters by Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, the acting director army public relations.

According to him, the troops were able carry out clearance operations, raids and patrols that resulted in the killing of the many suspected Boko Haram terrorists, arrests and rescue of persons, as well as recovery of arms and ammunition.

The statement reads: “In continuation of
clearance operations of the remnants of Boko Haram terrorists, troops of 7 Division in Operation LAFIYA DOLE have been making
tremendous progress
in their various areas
of operational responsibilities. They
were able to carry out
clearance operations,
raids and patrols that
resulted in the killing
of so many suspected
Boko Haram terrorists, arrests and rescue of persons, as well as recovery of arms and
ammunitions.

“On Thursday, April
21, troops of 21 Brigade Nigerian Army 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.

Unfortunately, 2 Civilian JTF accompanying the
troops lost their lives.
The troops rescued 7
civilians and recovered
a Volkswagen Golf car, 15 bicycles and various bags of foodstuffs.

“The troops of 22 Brigade on the other
hand 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.

“Similarly, troops of the same Brigade carried out a fighting patrol, cordon and search operation on Thursday 21st April 2016, along Dikwa-Marte road, Kaje,
Selenge, Manekura,
Mane Gana and Gawayi villages.

Although there wasn’t any encounter with the terrorists, the troops recovered 5 motorcycles, 6 Boko
Haram terrorists flags
and 4 bags of grinded
corn in Mane Gana village. They also rescued 3 women and
5 children at the same
village.  The rescued
persons told the troops that their husbands were actually Boko Haram terrorists who have ran away towards
Lake Chad area due to
immense pressure from the military clearance operations.

“On their part, troops of 3 Battalion also conducted patrol towards Diema, Sigel
and Kala in which they
had an encounter with
Boko Haram terrorists
in which the gallant troops killed 8 of them and recovered 2 Dane Guns and 4 assorted batteries.

“The troops of 7 Division Special Fighting Forces attached to 25 Task Force Brigade Damboa, at a checkpoint, arrested a suspected Boko Haram terrorist, Abubakar Bello and 6 other suspects carrying 28 gallons of “Turkey” brand of vegetable oil,  8 bags of flour, 130 crates of soft drinks and 2 bags of sugar. In addition, 5 mobile telephone handsets, 1 external hard drive and 5 flash drives, 2 national identity cards and the sum of Seventy Thousand Naira (N70,000.00k) only
were recovered from
him. Preliminary investigation discovered that the terrorists now dilute the vegetable oil with other substances to produce diesel to
power their generators.

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