BY AMOS DUNIA, ABUJA – The Nigerian Military recorded another success as it effectively neutralised armed terrorists in Bama Local Government Area of Borno State on Friday, September 22, 2017.
According to the Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Sani Kukasheka Usman, based on confirmed information, 202 Battalion, Operation LAFIYA DOLE, dispatched two (2) ambush teams towards Feri-Feri and Tashan Goto axis in Bama to execute the mission.
He said both teams confronted suspected Boko Haram terrorists trying to cross the area and dealt decisively with them by neutralizing two (2) terrorists and recovered two (2) bicycles and three (3) wheel barrows.
Brigadier Usman stated that the teams also canalized suspected Boko Haram terrorists while trying to circumnavigate the ditch at Shetimari, causing them to flee into the bush with gunshot wounds as traces of blood were seen during exploitation.
Furthermore, he said that at about 9.00am on Saturday September 23, 2017, “troops of 201 Battalion, 21 Brigade Nigerian Army while on fighting patrol in conjunction Mobile Strike Team 21, discovered an Improvised Explosive Device along Bama-Aulari road.”
The Army spokesperson said the device was however ‘safely detonated by the Explosive Ordinance Device team attached to the patrol team.’
In a related development, troops of 7 Brigade Garrison on September 20, 2017, arrested a suspected physically challenged Boko Haram terrorists’ informant, Mr. Audu Usman at Doron Baga, northern Borno State.
