By; SÀDIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri Troops of the Joint Task Force North East Operation HADIN KAI have launched a serie
By; SÀDIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri
Troops of the Joint Task Force North East Operation HADIN KAI have launched a series of offensives aimed at ridding the North East of ISWAP/Boko Haram terrorists.
In a recent coordinated operation in terrorists’ hideouts in the southern Lake Chad region of Borno State, scores of insurgents were neutralized, and a large cache of arms and ammunition was recovered.
A statement issued and signed by the Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations Headquarters, Theatre Command , Operation HADIN KAI, Captain Reuben Kovangiya, said the operation was conducted between Rann and Gamboru Ngala, close to the Cameroon border at Manawaji,.
The statement added that the troops made contact with the terrorists. Following the intense fire fight, the determined and well equipped troops, eliminated 10 terrorists who according to intelligence, have been disrupting peace in the general area.
The gallant troops also recovered large catche of arms and ammunition, including anti aircraft ammunition, suspected to have been looted from an earlier attack on Cameroonian Defence Force in Cameroon.
While the resilient troops have been commended for the great feat, they have vowed to totally deny the terrorists freedom of action in the general area, as well as sustain offensive against the terrorists in the entire North East Region, in line with the directives of the Chief of Defence Staff, in order to achieve the mandate of Operation HADIN KAI.
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