During the offensive, four Boko Haram terrorists met their waterloo in the hands of gallant troops of the Nigerian Army.
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Tukur Gusau, said in a statement on Saturday that troops of 103 Battalion under 21 Brigade early Saturday morning conducted 23-kilometre-wide clearance operations in Rigaga and its adjoining villages in the Bama axis.
The Nigerian Army said on Friday that it had cleared nine more suspected Boko Haram terrorists camps in its operations in Borno.
“The terrorists’ camps cleared included Lassa, Muthavo, Dagu, Kumabza, Isge, Unworo, Zangore, Kilesaka and Pumpum”. Gusau also said a few of the terrorists who fled abandoned their weapons; he said the weapons abandoned by the terrorists include seven dane guns.
Government forces tracked the militants after a soldier was killed when a military vehicle was blown up by the group near Lake Chad on Monday, the sources said.
“Our troops continued to dominate roads leading to Azir, Wajikoro, Damboa and Biu towns to deny Boko Haram terrorists any possible freedom of activities in the area”.
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“Our air forces destroyed this nest, but we do not yet have an official death toll”, a military officer said, adding that the soldiers had arrested the remaining fighters.
