According to the military, its forces in the area had yesterday arrested a group of terrorists who went in search of food. The arrest, it said, followed a tip off from some members of the community.
The military also disclosed that some stranded terrorists are working assiduously to establish new camps, promising however that their movements are been effectively trailed with a move to tracking them. Defence spokesman, Brig. Gen. Chris Olukolade in a statement yesterday said weapons and other materials were recovered from the terrorists.
Olukolade stated: “The intensive cordon and search operation being conducted by the troops of the Special Forces received a major boost from civilian cooperation in communities close to locations being focused in the operation yesterday. “A group of terrorists moving from village to village in search of large quantity of food were tracked and apprehended following a tip off from civilians.
“The group which was moving around in a Toyota Land Cruiser Jeep with registration number Borno XA 428 ADM, suspected to have been stolen was eventually arrested at Daban Masara with weapons such as AK 47 rifle, single barrel shotgun, double hand shotgun and various calibres of ammunition.” He added that in other locations, a total of 56 identified insurgents were apprehended with the help of Military Police dogs.
“Items recovered from the arrested insurgents include, seven packs of IEDs, two rocket-propelled gun chargers, a rifle magazine, two machetes, bomb detonators, camouflage and other military uniforms as well as medicines equipment, charms, seven vehicles including a Jeep and eight tri-cycles. “It is believed that some stranded terrorists are keen on establishing new camps.
They are being trailed accordingly. There were also a few encounters with some insurgents in forest locations apart from the identified and destroyed camps.
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