The Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole, have killed several Boko Haram members, and captured 167 others, during an intensified offensive on the terrorists’ enclave, in the Islands around the Lake Chad region.
Deputy Director of Public Relations, Theatre Command Operation Lafiya Dole, Colonel Onyema Nwachukwu, revealed this on Friday night
According to him, the ongoing operation commenced about two weeks ago, with coordinated air and artillery bombardments on Boko Haram enclaves, while ground troops moved in to clear the areas.
Colonel Nwachukwu said the gallant troops also rescued and profiled 67 women and 173 children, who revealed during profiling exercise that they are family members of insurgents who fled as a result of the offensive.
He said arrangement was ongoing to hand them over to authorities of Internally Displaced Persons’ camp, as soon as preliminary investigations were concluded.
In the course of sustaining the ongoing precursor operations, Nwachukwu said the troops have conducted long-range fighting patrols and ambushes, seeking out and clearing the terrorists’ hideouts in Saada and Juwei, in the fringes of the Northern part of Borno State, in the past two months.
“During the operations, troops intercepted and arrested 53 fleeing insurgents who have been profiled and are currently helping with investigations.
“Fifteen insurgents have also willingly abandoned the insurgent group, describing it as a futile struggle, and have surrendered to troops of Operation Lafiya Dole within the period”, he said in the statement.
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