The Nigerian Army said troops of
3 Battalion, 22 Brigade in conjunction with 22 Mobile Strike
Teams (MSTs) and members of civilian joint task force on Operation Lafiya
Dole had captured a Boko Haram terrorists’ commander, killed four insurgents
and rescued 212 hostages.
The Director of Army Public Relations,
Brig. Gen Sani Usman, who made this known in a statement said the
troops were able to clear the Boko Haram terrorists from their hideouts at
Kala, Jawara, Mada, Mika, Gakulba and Kutilax (Sanga) in the northern fringes
of Sambisa forest and Kala Balge Local Government Area of Borno State.
According to the army spokesman, the
captured terrorists’ commander, Amman Judee, was the “Ameer” of Chawa.
He added that the terrorists, on
sighting the approaching troops from their observation post at Sanga, dashed
into the adjoining Amchada forest.
He said :“Troops of 3 Battalion, 22
Brigade Nigerian Army, Sector 1, Operation Lafiya Dole, in furtherance of
the ongoing clearance operations in conjunction with 22 Mobile Strike Team and
some Civilian JTF, has on Tuesday, 28th November 2017 achieved a
remarkable feat.
“The relentless troops pursued them
further and neutralized four Boko Haram terrorists after a serious exchange of
gun fire, captured one of their commanders, the “Ameer” of Chawa, Amman Judee
alive and rescued 212 persons held hostage.
“The captured
terrorists’ leader is undergoing further interrogation while the rescued
persons are being documented and the under-aged children were administered oral
polio vaccines”.
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