Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole have killed 82 Boko Haram
terrorists and rescued 468 people during fighting patrols and clearance
operations in Borno and Yobe states.
The operations, which were carried out in the last two months, led
to the liberation of 630 villages and settlements, where the hostages
were held by insurgents, before they were rescued and handed over to
various camps for screening.
Theater Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj.-General Ibrahim
Attahiru, disclosed this to journalists in Maiduguri, yesterday. He said
the operations also led to the arrests of 313 suspected terrorists in
various locations and villages of Sambisa Forest and northern parts of
Borno and Yobe states.
He said: “The two months operations in the hinterlands under
our Mobile Strike Force Teams, MST, were successful, as 69 Boko Haram
terrorists surrendered to our troops in the front lines.
“The surrendered terrorists laid down their arms under the
military’s safe corridor; and will undergo De-radicalisation, before
being integrated into the society.”
He called on the fleeing insurgents to continue to lay down their
arms and surrender to the nearest military post, as MST had been
deployed to the hinterlands, including the terrorists’ hideouts in
Mandara Mountains and council areas of Abadam, Marte and Kala/Balge in
Borno State.
On recovered arms and ammunition, Attahiru said: “Our troops were able to recover 17 automatic weapons and 1,471 ammunition.”
He further disclosed that 31 people were killed in various suicide
attacks at Molai, Dalori camps and Maiduguri metropolis, while 123 were
wounded in the last two months.
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