The Nigerian Army has recouped the body of one officer and 15 fighters pronounced "Missing in action" amid an operation to remove the Boko Haram guerillas from Gashigar Area in Borno on October 16, 2016. Likewise, troops of Operation Lafiya Dole in the north east have executed 53 Boko Haram fear mongers, capturing 963 others in different leeway operations along the Buni/Yadi and Katarko/Gujba hub and Lake Chad borders.
The Theater Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Major General Lucky Irabor, revealed this at the week by week audit of Operation Rescue Final at Maimalari Cantonment, Maiduguri, yesterday.
“The bodies were recovered along Kamadugou River line area in Maiduguri. Among those recovered was that of Lt.-Col. K. Yusuf, the former Commanding Officer (CO) of 223 Tank Battalion. They have since been buried in Maimalari Cantonment Cemetery with full military honours. Out of the items and written records recovered from Sambisa Forest were on how to use armaments and making of bombs and Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs),” Irabor said.
Captured suspects are in military guardianship, experiencing cross examination and profiling. Talking on Nigerian Air Force (NAF) bolster for ground troops, Irabor said that after an effective airborne operation at Dogon Chiku, contender planes directed aggregate of 68 charged attacks in 43 missions in Sambisa Forest and Northern Borno.
Irabor engaged the general population to report any suspicious developments to the military and other security offices for incite activity. In the interim, a hostile to psychological oppression gather, the North East Coalition Against Terrorism (NECAT) has recognized the Nigerian Army over its late deed against Boko Haram.
Tending to a public interview yesterday in Abuja, NECAT National Co-ordinator, Yusuf Msheliza said however the fear based oppressors, in their flight were completing shock assaults, Nigerians are nonetheless, mindful that the armed force has won the war.
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