Nigerian troops working with civilian collaborators today uncovered and took over a secret weapon dump of Boko Haram terrorists. The Theatre Commander of Operation LAFIYA DOLE, Major General LEO Irabor, disclosed this Sunday evening in Maiduguri, capital of Borno State.
He told a media briefing: “Following a tip-off troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE and some Civilian JTF today went on a clearance patrol to Borgozo-Alargano general area in which they discovered large cache of arms and ammunitions concealed by Boko Haram terrorists.
“The patrol team also cleared remnants of Boko Haram terrorists that were dislodged from Alagarno forest hibernating at Kadari, Camp Abu Fatima and Gursum.
“The troops discovered large cache of arms and ammunitions that include 36 boxes of .51mm calibre, 5 x 20 Lyra beefcake mixture of 7.62mm (NATO) ammunition, large quantity of 7.62mm (Special), ammunition and one 81mm mortar tube.
“In addition, the troops recovered 1 Toyota Hilux, 1 Generator and several motorcycles.”
Maj.-Gen. Irabor appealed “to all Nigerians and in particular, the good people of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states to continue to provide useful information to troops in order to facilitate complete routing of the remnants of Boko Haram insurgents hiding in their localities.”
•Nigerian Army Photo shows some of the weapons seized by troops and Civilian JTF today in the Borgozo-Alargano general area of Borno State.
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