Boko Haram: Troops destroy another IED making factory, arrest three terrorists

The troops of 25 Task Force Brigade Nigerian Army were said to have achieved an unprecedented feat on Friday in the fight against the Boko Haram terrorists in its area of operations.

A statement by Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, Acting Director Army Public Relations said the Brigade during a cordon and search operation at Sandia, Kokakowa and Nyaleri villages suspected to be Boko  Haram enclaves early today, discovered and destroyed another Improvised Explosives Device (IED) making factory at Miyati and Nyaleri villages, along Maiduguri-Bulabulin-Damboa road,  in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State, Nigeria.

“In addition, three terrorists were arrested comprising an “Ameer”, a  high contact and a foot soldier. Among items discovered apart from  the IED making equipment, were  a Peugeot pick up van, foodstuffs, 10-KVA Lister generator, gas cylinders, borehole, pumping machine, 3 bags of maize, 1 bag of millet and 13 empty AGO jerry cans, amongst others,” the statement said.

“The joint operation between the Brigade and  Nigerian Air Force who provided air cover and tracking, was part of the determined effort by the military to root out terrorists in the general area and open more roads hitherto held by the terrorists for public usage. It is also part of the renewed effort and vigour on the part of our troops to meet up with the set dateline that has turned the tide and momentum of the battle against the Boko Haram terrorists in our country.”

In a related development,  troops were said to have made substantial progress in an advance to reclaim and destroy terrorists held areas within Gamboru Ngala general area.