Troops continue operations against militants and kill large number of them in NE and NW

The Nigerian Army claims that its soldiers have carried out persistently tough operations to purge the country of terrorists, rebels, and other criminals.

This was said in a statement made on Wednesday in Abuja by Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, director of Army Public Relations.

In this regard, according to Nwachukwu, 2 Battalion soldiers ambushed some roving terrorists on October 17 in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State and killed three rebels.

He claimed that the violent firefight drove some people to flee, and that troops found a bandolier containing two motorcycles, an AK-47 magazine, 111 rounds of 7.62 mm ammunition, a high frequency communication radio, and two mobile phones.

He claimed that during the encounter, one soldier paid the ultimate price.

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Nwachukwu stated that on the same day, 1 Brigade soldiers engaged in a stop-and-search operation in Birnin Magaji Local Government Area of Zamfara and detained a suspected courier of munitions.

According to his initial findings, the suspect was sent on a mission to provide ammo to the Gishiri bandit boss.

He claims that the courier was found to have been carrying a bag containing 224 rounds of special 7.62mm ammunition, one mobile phone, and N4,000.

“The suspect is currently being investigated while being held in jail.

“In the North East theatre of operations, Bulama Bukar, a prominent Boko Haram Terrorists (BHT) Commander, has surrendered to the 5 Brigade’s soldiers in Gubio.

“The terrorist who turned himself in was the head of the BHT Camp Tapkin Chad in the Borno hamlet of Gilima.

The terrorist’s possessions included an AK-47 weapon, five magazines, 44 rounds of special 7.62mm ammunition, a magazine carrier jacket, a dagger, a motorcycle and N23,500.

He continued, “The suspect is currently going through profiling sessions.” (NAN)