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The Nigerian Army yesterday said it has arrested a medical
doctor who usually treated wounded Boko Haram terrorists and 963 others.
This is even it said had killed more than 100 members of the
sect in its final onslaught to clear the remnants of the insurgents in the past
one week.
The Army also said that 119 women and children were rescued
by Cameroonian forces and handed over to Nigerian Army in Banki in the said
period under review.
This was disclosed to journalists at the theatre command
headquarters of Operation Lafiya Dole in Maiduguri by the theatre commander,
Maj-Gen. Lucky Irabor while updating the public on the operational activities
of the command in the past one week.
He added that activities of the week under review indicated
that the Boko Haram terrorists were in total disarray, adding that troops are
heavily moving round Sambisa and axis to ensure that the insurgents don’t find
a stronghold any more.
While displaying items recovered from Boko Haram terrorists
such as holy Qu’ran, adulterated verses of the holy Book, top commanders of
Boko Haram, uniforms and bomb making learning manuals.
He added that the successes were not achieved without
challenges as the military lost some its officers and soldiers in the
encounter.
“ Between 2 and 8 January, the Nigerian Airforce also
provided tactical support through its Alpha Jets to neutralise the terrorists for the ground
troops. The Airforce also deployed its Alpha Jets south of Sambisa that
bombarded a Hilux loaded with IEDs.
“The Alpha Jets as well conducted air intervention that
neautralise the terrorists targets in Malamfatori. A total of 43 missions and
68 sorties were carried out in the same period with a total use of Aviation
fuel of N28.5million.
“Similarly, the Nigerian Navy apart from the coastal
operations also supports the land troops on ground battle. The Navy was able to
recover 4 boats from Boko Haram terrorists which belongs to the Nigerian Army
amphibious Operation. Its Operations on the fringes of Lake Chad have been
revealing,” said Irabor.
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