’63 Boko Haram terrorists killed in 5 days’ – Army

The Theater Commander of Operation Lafiya
Dole, Major General Hassan Umoru, at a
media briefing in Maiduguri on Friday,
January 22 said Nigerian troops killed 63
Boko Haram insurgents and intercepted
several suicide bombers within the week.
Represented by his Deputy Commander,
Major General Lucky Irabor, General Umaru
said that the soldiers also seized many AK47
rifles, ammunition, Anti-Aircraft Gun, RPG,
GMPG, IEDs, vehicles and motorcycles among
other items from the insurgents.
He said: “our troops conducted a fighting
patrol at Afe, Kudiye, Souma, Dikwa Mijigeta,
Mida villages of Borno state. During the
operation our troops come in contact with
Boko Haram terrorist at Kudiye and Mijigete
were 370 hostages were rescued and brought
to IDP camp in Dikwa and 3 rifles and 41
motorcycles were destroyed.”
He stated that the troops also cleared some
Boko Haram hideouts in Wala, Tirkopytir and
Durubajuwe in Gwoza local government area,
where they recovered GMPG, locally made
Dane gun and a grinding machine.
In Huyum in Askira/Uba Local Government
Area, according to the Commander, the
terrorists on seeing the Nigerian soldiers, left
their families behind which include five
women and 12 children that are currently
being questioned.
The commander also revealed that the troops
intercepted three suspected suicide bombers
attempting to infiltrate Maiduguri, along
Maiduguri Mafa checkpoint of Borno State.
He said two female suicide bombers
detonated the explosive which killed them
instantly, while the male suicide bomber was
immediately shot down while trying run into
the troop at the checkpoint.
General Hassan Umoru commended the
efforts of the troops and renewed call for the
troops and the public to be more vigilant and
security conscious at all times, especially at
checkpoints, worship centre, markets, motor
parks and schools.