Army Destroys Boko Haram Enclaves, Weapons

The ongoing clearance operations by the Nigerian Army through its Operations Lafiya Dole have continued to yield the desired results: depletion of Boko Haram terrorists and destruction of several of their enclaves in the fringes of Lake Chad and Sambisa forest. 

In a statement by the Deputy Director Public Relations,

Theatre Command Operation Lafiya Dole, Colonel Onyema Nwachukwu, the troops, supported by the Nigerian Air Force, have moved deep into the far ends of Camp Zairo and carried out an offensive attack against Boko Haram terrorists who were defending their Improvised Explosive Device (IED) making factory. 

"The gallant troops successfully engaged the insurgents, demobilised their vehicle borne IEDs and neutralised quite a number of the terrorists, as well as capturing the IED making factory. 

"The troops have also recovered 88 Gas Cylinders, 1 Laptop computer, one 100m Ultra High Frequency Hand-held Radio (UHF HH Radio), 1 Motorola GP 180, Theodolite and 2 Global Positioning Systems (GPS).

The troops also destroyed 22 Motorcycles, 18 Bicycles and provisions store," he said. He said the troops morale remained high and were unrelenting in ensuring total clearance of the remaining Boko Haram terrorists.