Troops Kill 11 Boko Haram Insurgents, Destroy IED Factory In Borno- Official

The Nigerian Army on Wednesday said
its troops had killed 11 Boko Haram
insurgents and destroyed a bomb
making factory at Ngala Local
Government Area of Bono.
Brig.-Gen. Sani Kukasheka, the Director,
Army Public Rations said this in a
statement in Maiduguri.
Kukasheka said that the troops, in joint
operations with the Air Force and
Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), on
Tuesday attacked insurgents’ hideouts at
Mogole, Ngaiwa, Tongule, and Warsele
villages of Ngala Local Government Area
of the state.
He disclosed that the troops destroyed
the insurgents’ logistics base and a
workshop at Ngaiwa village and an
Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
making factory at Tongul.
The director further said 85 persons
were rescued from the insurgents in the
villages.
Kukasheka said that the troops also
recovered a gun truck; four suicide
bomb vests, various IED making
materials, three Dane guns.
Others, he said were: one Barretta
pistol, 22 rounds of 7.62mm
ammunition, 5 motorcycles, 13 bicycles
and a wheelbarrow.
“Tuesday Oct. 24 will go down as one of
the best in the outing of troops of 3
Battalion, 22 Brigade Nigerian Army of
Operation LAFIYA DOLE in their daily
clearance of the remnants of Boko
Haram terrorists, especially in northern
parts of Borno.
“The unit in conjunction with gallant 22
Mobile Strike Team accompanied by
Civilian JTF, based on credible
information carried out offensive
operations at suspected Boko Haram
terrorists hide outs at Mogola,” he said.
Other areas where the soldiers carried
out operations he said were Ngaiwa,
Tongule and Warsele villages in Ngala
Local Government Area of the state.
“The operation which was supported by
the Nigerian Air Force was very
successful in achieving its objectives”.
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