Military Recovers Thousands of Arms, Ammunition, Money from Boko Harams Camp
By Adetokunbo Fakeye
Military authority on Saturday said it has captured an armoury with arms and ammunition at a Boko Haram camp.
A statement by the Director of Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade, said the operation, during which money was also recovered, was carried out on Friday night.
The defence spokesman said, “The large quantities of weapons recovered in the raid are still being evacuated from the scene of the night raid where several terrorists died.”
General Olukolade said the tentacles of the operation has also been extended to Boko Haram camps located on the outskirts of Duguri, Polkime, Malafatori and other locations around the fringes of Lake Chad in conjunction with the troops of the Multi-National Joint Task Force adding, “Substantial money in different currencies and denominations were also recovered from the camps.
“A total of seven terrorists were captured in the operation during which altogether a soldier died while five were wounded.”
Giving an update on the failed attempt by the insurgents to free their colleagues from Giwa Barracks in Maiduguri, Borno State on Friday, Olukolade said the troops while searching for remnants of the daring terrorists had an encounter with some of the surviving terrorists in the general area of Kayamla and Alu Dam on the outskirts of Maiduguri this morning (Saturday) .
During the encounter according to him, more of the terrorists were killed and arrested, added that the encounters are ongoing and that “Those captured in the encounter are providing useful information towards the discovery of other hide outs of the daring terrorists.
“It has been revealed that the terrorists are now desperate to either free or kill the ones being detained, with a view to avenging or preventing further revelations about their operations and hideouts as this has been frustrating their plans lately.
“More bodies of fleeing terrorists have been discovered along the routes of their escape. “Troops morale and fighting spirit have been further boosted by the outcome of the operations so far.
“Meanwhile, cordon and search as well as patrols and pursuit by air and land is continuing in the entire mission area of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States.”. He concluded.
