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Nigerian Army said its troops of the Operation Lafiya Dole have continued to record success in clearing the vestiges of Boko Haram from the Camp Zairo as they had contact with the insurgents and recovered battle tanks and other weapons from the terrorists on Tuesday.
According to the Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Sani Kukasheka Usman, the encounter occurred during the ongoing clearance operations nicknamed Operation DEEP PUNCH II.
On “Tuesday 30th January 2018, the advancing troops had contact with Boko Haram terrorists and engagement ensued,” Usman said in a statement.
During the encounter, the statement added the troops “were able to recover an Eagle Main Battle Tank (EMBT), 1 VBL, 1 AK-47 Rifle, a Police Teargas Rifle, religious books, many Gas cylinder and bags of fertilizer, ostensibly for Improvised Explosives Devices making.”
This is as the troops also destroyed seven gun trucks, four trucks, five Hilux trucks, one Prado SUV, one Golf car, four Mitsubishi pickup trucks, one Hiace bus, several motorcycles, makeshift shelters, ‘tentages’ and household items, according to him.
Satellite image also emerged online earlier in the week of fleeing members of the Boko Haram insurgents after an aerial bombardment by the Nigerian forces on the convoy of the terrorists moving their weapons in an operation detected by the combined forces of Army and Air Force.
