The Nigerian Army says it has recorded major successes against the Boko Haram Terrorists in Borno, Yobe, Adamawa states, as well as border areas.
Theatre Commander of the Operation Lafiya Dole, Major General Lucky Irabor, made the revelation at a press briefing in Maiduguri yesterday.
Some of the successes highlighted include mop up operations in the Sambisa forest, which according to the force, has enjoyed relative peace for a while now.
The Army also recovered uniforms used by key Boko Haram officers in production of some of the videos they send to the public.
The troops also recovered 15 bodies of missing soldiers during the operations.
Furthermore, General Irabor presented
other materials recovered from the terrorists such as notebooks, which
according him were used to take notes on how to make bombs and Improvised
Explosive Devices, IEDs.
Giving a breakdown of the number of
arrested terrorists, as well as those who surrendered, General Irabor explained
that a total of 95 male and 384 female, had been arrested within the first week
of January 2017.
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