The Defence headquarters on Wednesday announced that troops have freed more of the abducted students of Government Girls’ Secondary School, Chibok in Borno State.
However, it did not disclose the number of students freed so far. A total of 129 female students were abducted by gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram members on Tuesday.
A statement by the Director of Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade, states that “troops pursuing the terrorists close in on the den of those believed to have carried out the attack”
The statement also states that troops deployed to restore law and order in Wukari, Taraba State, have apprehended 14 armed men who were involved in the fighting during the civil disturbances in the town early in the week.
“The fighting resulted in the burning of no fewer than 25 houses and displacement of over 200 persons.
“The troops also captured a building where arms were being fabricated. 4 locally fabricated machine guns, one sub machine gun, 4 single barrel guns as well as 21 live cartridges were recovered in the process.
“Normalcy has since been restored as troops maintain patrols of the locality,’ Olukolade said..
He assured that security forces have been directed to continue with the tempo of offensive on all the terrorists’ enclaves anywhere in the country.
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