Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have neutralised 10 Boko Haram terrorists during a recent offensive on the terrorists’ enclave between Rann and Gamboru Ngala, very close to the Nigerian-Cameroon border.
This was as the military sustained its clearance operations at the Southern Lake Chad region.
Speaking to Channels Television in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, the Theatre Commander North-East Joint Task Force Operations Hadin Kai, Major General Abdulsalam Abubakar, said several ammunition were recovered from the operations which took place at a border community, Manawaji.
Weapons like anti-aircraft ammunition and ordinance weapons believed to have been stolen in an earlier attack on Cameroon Defense Force were recovered during the clearance operations.
He said, “Our troops are intensifying sustained operations to clear the Southern lakes in the border communities.
“During this recent operation, the troops made contact with terrorists at a Cameroon border community, Manawaji, between Rann and Gamboru Ngala, and immediately engaged the terrorists leading to ten of them being neutralised while several weapons and ammunition including anti-aircraft ammunition were recovered.
“We suspect the anti-aircraft ammunition was stolen in an earlier attack on Cameroon Defense Force positioned in Cameroon.”
Ngala is 154 kilometers from Maiduguri while Rann, the headquarters of Kalabalge Local Government Area, is 183 kilometers, the two are border communities along the fringes of the Lake Chad.
The theater commander, while praising the efforts of the troops in restoring stability, particularly in the Lake Chad region and the border communities, said the recent deployment of fighting equipment has boosted the morale of troops and the theater would not relax until the last terrorist is neutralised in the region.
