Large Boko Haram armoury discovered

The Army’s spokesman, Chris Olukolade says that the encounter was in the general area of Kayamla and Alu Dam on the outskirts of Maiduguri

Soldiers operating in Borno state have captured a massive armoury belonging to insurgents, the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said Saturday.

Defence spokesman, Major General Chris Olukolade, said in a statement that a dump of the insurgents were sighted in one of the camps, around the Lake Chad area, that fell Friday night in the ongoing counter terrorism operations.

He said the large quantities of weapons recovered in the raid were still being moved from the scene of the night raid where several terrorists also were killed.According to General Olukolade, similar operations took place in other camps in coordination with the troops of Multi-National Joint Task Force.

He said the terrorists camps are located on the outskirts of Duguri, Polkime, Malafatori and other locations around the fringes of Lake Chad.

Substantial amounts of money in different currencies and denominations were also recovered from the camps, General Olukolade added, noting that seven terrorists were captured in the operation during which a soldier died while five were wounded.

Troops conducting “Cordon and Search” for remnants of the insurgents, who on Friday attacked Giwa Barracks in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, also had an encounter with some of the surviving insurgents. The encounter was in the general area of Kayamla and Alu Dam on the outskirts of Maiduguri.

More of the insurgents have been killed and arrested in the ongoing encounters, adding that those captured in the encounter are providing useful information toward the discovery of other hideouts of the daring insurgents and more bodies of fleeing insurgents have also been discovered along the routes of their escape.

Olukolade said the “Cordon and Search” as well as “Patrol and Pursuit” by air and land would continue in the entire mission area of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states.