Troops remove Boko Haram fighters, seize weapons in Sambisa offensive

Nigerian Military troops underneath Operation Hadin Kai have recorded one other success of their intensified marketing campaign in opposition to insurgency, with the neutralisation of 5 Boko Haram fighters throughout a clearance operation within the Ladin Buttu axis of the Sambisa Forest.

The operation, which befell throughout a current patrol mission, kinds a part of the continued recalibrated offensive geared toward rooting out remnants of terrorist teams from their final strongholds. Ladin Buttu, situated deep inside Sambisa Forest, has lengthy served as a strategic transit and logistics hub for insurgents as a consequence of its entry to water and concealment benefits.

Army sources informed Zagazola Makama that the troops encountered the terrorists throughout a routine clearance operation and engaged them in a fierce gun duel. On the finish of the firefight, 5 insurgents had been confirmed killed, whereas a number of others fled the scene with various levels of gunshot wounds.

Along with neutralising the fighters, troops recovered three AK-47 rifles, 5 totally loaded magazines, and different army ordnance believed to have been stockpiled for future assaults.

This newest success reinforces the Nigerian army’s renewed momentum and aggressive posture in dismantling terrorist networks working within the northeast. It additionally comes within the wake of strategic directives issued by the Chief of Military Workers (COAS), who not too long ago visited the theatre and ordered intensified floor raids and expanded aerial reconnaissance missions.

Below this directive, troops have prolonged their operations into deep forest enclaves, together with the Sambisa axis, Timbuktu Triangle, and fringes of Lake Chad, with the objective of degrading the operational capabilities of Boko Haram and its rival faction, ISWAP.

The Nigerian army stays dedicated to sustaining the strain on terrorist parts till whole peace is restored within the affected areas.