soldiers overrun seven terrorists' camps

By DORIS OBINNA
The clock appears ticking for Boko Ha­ram, as the military continues to record successes in its operations in Sambisa Forest, the last stronghold of insurgents.
In another major success yesterday, soldiers overran seven terrorists’ camps, kill­ing more insurgents in the final push against Boko Ha­ram.
According to Director of Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade, the military also rescued addi­tional 25 women and children in the operation.
He revealed that soldiers scaled series of land mines, as they advanced in Sambisa Forest bases, capturing insur­gents’ camps in Alafa, Rogo Fulani, Laraga and other lo­cated, including those used as training camps.
Olukolade revealed that rocket propelled grenades, anti-aircraft guns were among weapons captured. Also, a number of vehicles, he stated, were either cap­tured or destroyed during the operation.
Four soldiers were wound­ed and have been evacuated for treatment, he revealed, while stating that the opera­tions continue with “troops demonstrating high morale and fighting spirit, as they search the forests for terror­ists, arms and hostages.”
In the last couple of weeks, the military has been record­ing successes in the onslaught against Boko Haram, as in­surgents’ camps have been destroyed and captives res­cued.
In one of the operations, 200 girls and 93 women were rescued.
While confirming the res­cue of the first set of women and girls from Sambisa For­est, Olukolade, said, three major terrorists’ camps were destroyed, including the no­torious Tokumbere camp in the Sambisa Forest.
He stated however, that he could not confirm the identity of the freed victims and their origins and, therefore, could not state if any of them were from Chibok, where more than 200 schoolgirls were ab­ducted one year ago.
He said: “I can only con­firm the rescue this afternoon of 200 girls and 93 women in different camps in the forest. We are yet to determine their origin as all the freed persons are now being screened and profiled.
“Please, don’t misquote me on their origin. We will provide more details later.”
The military has hit the bull’s eye with the killing of one of the most notorious terrorist commanders, Abu Mojahid, in a gun battle on the outskirts of Alagarno on Tuesday morning. Many oth­er insurgents were also killed.
A statement by Major Gen­eral Chris Olukolade, Direc­tor of Defence Information yesterday, said Boko Haram launched a daring attack on troops on patrol of the area and met their Waterloo.
He revealed that in the en­suing gun duel, a number of insurgents were killed.
“Some rocket propelled grenades as well as vehicle mounted anti-aircraft guns were either captured or de­stroyed in the encounter,” he stated.
Before this successful operation, the military con­tinued attacks on identified terrorists’ camps, with ag­gressive patrols in affected areas. Also, mop up opera­tions, involving cordon and search is also continuing in other locations, as the mili­tary goes in search of weap­ons and terrorists, the De­fence spokesman stated.
He revealed that impro­vised explosive devices planted by the terrorists to frustrate and or abort the offensive by soldiers were being cleared, while troops were advancing into Boko Haram controlled areas.
“The operations, espe­cially in forest locations are progressing in defiance of obstacles and land mines em­placed by the terrorists,” Olu­kolade said.
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki, had promised that the military would totally liberate Sambisa Forest, the dreaded base of Boko Haram before handover date.
 Source: Sun News
Click here to like us on facebook