The troops of the Nigerian Army have killed one of the top of
commanders of the Boko Haram sect during an operation
on Sunday.
The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman,
said in a statement on Monday that the commander,
referred to as the Ameer of Dalore, was killed alongside 18
others during a clearing operation carried out by elements
of 22 Brigade Garrison.
Usman said that the troops also rescued 67 hostages from
the Boko Haram sect.
According to him, the troops captured two AK-47 Rifles, one
Small Machine Gun and one Hand Grenade and recovered
four Pickup vehicles.
He said, “Elements of 22 Brigade Garrison carried out a
clearing operation at Dalore camp on Sunday in which they
killed 19 Boko Haram terrorists, among whom was Ameer of
Dalore.
“The troops also captured two AK-47 Rifles, one Small
Machine Gun and one Hand Grenade. The troops also
recovered four Pickup vehicles.
“The troops also rescued 67 hostages from the terrorists.
The freed hostages are undergoing screening at the
Internally Displaced Persons camp in Dikwa.”
Similarly, the Director, Information and Public Relations, the
Nigerian Air Force, Capt. Ayodele Famuyiwa, said in a
statement that a suspected logistics base of the insurgents at
Allagarno, Borno, was struck by fighter jets of the NAF on
Friday.
Famuyiwa said that the Allagarno base, target of the
insurgents, was carefully selected for the aerial offensive
after surveillance and reconnaissance by the Unmanned
Combat Aerial Vehicles of the NAF.
He said that the operation was successfully executed to
support the effort of the ground troops to further degrade
the fighting capacity of the Boko Haram sect.
He said that the Allagarno target was most likely an
ammunition dump, a fuel depot or a facility for inflammable
materials expected to create logistic problems for terrorists
operating in that axis.
Famuyiwa said that the attack was a follow-up to previous
missions of the NAF to the Sambisa Forest, Kumshe, Iza and
other enclaves of the insurgents.
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