Acting Director, Army
Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman, said in a statement that troops of the 22
Brigade Garrison, captured the insurgents during a clearance operation at the
terrorist hideouts of Cinga, Mallum Maja, Bosuma and Murye villages. Three of
the insurgents were also killed by the troops.
Soldiers deployed in the
ongoing operation Lafiya Dole in the North East have captured nine members of
the Boko Haram sect who were hiding in fox holes in Borno State.
Also, military chiefs met
in Maiduguri, Borno State, on Monday to reappraise the anti-insurgency war in
Sambisa Forest — believed to be the last stronghold of the Boko Haram
insurgents.
The meeting was presided
over by the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Gen Gabriel Abayomi Olanisakin. It was
attended by Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai and Chief of Air Staff
Air Marshal Sadiq Baba Abubakar.
There were also senior
military chiefs at the Theatre Command Headquarters of Operation Lafia Dole at
the Maimalari Cantonment.
Gen. Olanisakin said the
meeting was to reappraise the ongoing military operation at the Sambisa forest
and environs with the aim of clearing the remnants of Boko Haram insurgents
from Nigeria’s territory.
“I am here with the Service
Chiefs actually to reappraise the operation that is ongoing in Sambisa. We have
an operation now that started a couple of days ago and we have come to appraise
the level of that operation.
“The military onslaught
tagged ‘Operation Crackdown’ is to clear the remnants of Boko Haram terrorists
out of Sambisa and Nigeria’s borders.
“The operation has been on
course for five days. The little issues that are being encountered by troops at
the operation are being addressed to achieve the operational plan.
"I want Nigerians to
know that we are determined to clear Boko Haram from our land,” the CDS said.
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