Items recovered included one teargas canister, two dane guns, 12 knives, 10 bows and six rolls of arrow, 12 machetes, two catapults, one pick axe, one military belt, two mobile police caps, assorted charms, six native caps and one war flute.
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Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, the Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Operation Lafiya Dole, made the disclosure in a statement in Maiduguri.
Brig.-Gen. Texas Chukwu, the Director, Army Public Relations, via a statement issued on Sunday, said that nine militiamen were also arrested.
Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, the Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Operation Lafiya Dole, said in a statement issued in Maiduguri, that the troops also cleared various enclaves of the insurgents.
On Monday, combined troops of Operation Lafiya Dole and the Cameroonian Defence Forces in a clearance operation took the battle to the terrorists in their enclaves at Kusha-Kucha, Surdewala, Alkanerik, Magdewerne and Mayen villages, all situated along the Nigeria-Cameroon border.
Brig.-Gen. Texas Chukwu, the Director, Army Public Relations, in a statement issued late Monday night in Abuja, said the suspects fled into the bush when they sighted the troops.
The suspects arrested were Jaka Ejukun (24 years), Peter Isaga (33 years) and Arachukwu Bedforth (21 years)
Preliminary investigation conducted revealed that the suspects are students of the College of Education, Katsina Ala, who were about to be initiated as new members.
While in the act of destroying the farmland the herdsmen sighted the aggressive troops and fled into the Bush.
According to Army Public Relations of Operation Lafiya Dole, Col. Onyeama Nwachukwu, in a statement in Maiduguri, stated that the operation was part of the resolve of the army to clear the remnants of the Boko Harm terrorists within Sambisa forest and Lake Chad.
According to a statement by Brig.-Gen Sani Usman, the Director of Army Public Relations, said the rifle was seized by the troops while on patrol at Bantaje ward in Wukari Local Government Area of the state.
The troops also recovered 486 livestock, two machetes, three AK-47 rifles and four AK-47 rifle magazines from the criminals
He said during the encounter, troops met stiff resistance from the terrorists. They however overpowered and cleared Dure 1, Dure 2 and Jango, Dibiye and other suspected Boko Haram terrorists hideouts within the general area of the district
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Olukolade said everal sorties are being flown either in conjunction with ongoing ground assault by troops or to dislodge any concentration of terrorists as follow up to intelligence reports
The Federal Government on Tuesday cautioned Nigerians against buying used cell phones and pre-registered SIM cards, saying that they might have been used by terrorists for untoward activities.
As Nigerian military intensifies battle against the deadly insurgents, Boko Haram, troops on Saturday killed no fewer than 50 Boko Haram members.