Nigerian Military Kill 10 Boko Haram Members, Destroys Bomb Making Factory ~ LeviTodaY

Nigerian Military Kill 10 Boko Haram Members, Destroys Bomb Making Factory

Gallant Nigerian and Cameroonian soldiers have successfully launched and assault on the hideout of Boko Haram members killing 10 and destroying their bomb manufacturing factory.
 
The Nigerian military on Saturday, killed 10 insurgents and destroyed a bomb manufacturing factory near the country’s border with Cameroon.
 
This was disclosed by the Acting Director of Army Public Relations, Sani Usman. Mr. Sani, a colonel, said the military made tremendous gains in the various sectors in the ongoing fight against terrorism and insurgency in the northeast.
 
He revealed that troops from the 121 Task Force Battalion moved through key villages along the border and linked up with the Cameroonian forces and cleared all the Boko Haram hideouts in the area.
 
The villages included Mararraba, Angwan Fada Dale, Wizha, Bokko Timit, Bokko Nasanu, Bokko Hide, up to Ngoshe.
 
“In the process, the troops killed 10 Boko Haram terrorists and also rescued 45 persons which included 17 women and 28 children.

“The troops also discovered that the terrorists cratered the road linking Pulka, Mararraba and Ngoshe and safely detonated 5 IEDs buried by the terrorists.
 
“In addition, they also destroyed an IED manufacturing workshop in the village. They also cleared Sino village.” He said
 
He also disclosed that the Cameroonian forces destroyed gun trucks belonging to the insurgents, raided and cleared several IED making factories along the border towns.
 
Four soldiers suffered various degrees of injuries and their vehicle badly damaged when a patrol team from 5 Brigade, traversing Dogon Gida and New Marte stepped on an undetected IED buried by suspected terrorists.
 
Mr. Usman said the wounded soldiers were evacuated by Nigerian Air Force, while the affected team was reinforced to continue with the patrol of the area.
 
In another flank, he said troops from the 25 and 26 Task Force Brigades, in conjunction with Cameroonian forces, carried out clearance operation against the insurgents around Ngoshe village.
 
While the Cameroonian troops carried out the clearance, their Nigerian counterparts provided blocking forces at strategic points where they decisively dealt with terrorists that tried to escape, Mr Usman said
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