Following the ongoing intensive clearance operations across the theatre of Operation HADIN KAI OPHK, more Boko Haram Terrorists, BHTs, and elements of Islamic State of West Africa Province, ISWAP, along with their families, have yielded to troops’ heavy artillery and air bombardments and surrendered at Forward Operational Base in Bama, Borno State.
who have hitherto hibernated around the fringes of Sambisa forest State on 2 August 2021
The terrorists, who comprised of 19 male fighters, 19 adult females and 49 children from Njimia village and environs, and had hitherto hibernated around the fringes of Sambisa forest, surrendered several assorted weapons and incendiaries.
They lamented that the ground and conditions in the forest had become untenable, hence their yielding to the troops.
The fire arms and incendiaries recovered from the terrorists include, 8 AK 47 rifles, 1General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG), 2 Fabrique Nationale (FN) Rifles, 1 Dane Gun, 1Makarov Pistol, 89 rounds of 7.62mm (Special) ammunition, 89 rounds of 12.7mm ammunition, 66 rounds of 7.62mm (NATO) ammunition, 5 x 9mm rounds of ammunition, 2 Hand Grenades, 27 AK 47 Rifle magazines and 2 FN Rifle magazines.
Others are 1 pistol magazine, 1 x 60mm Mortar Bomb, 10 x14.5mm empty cases, 2 primed suicide vests, 72 trigger switches, 10 primed Improvised Explosive Devices (IED), 5 Electric Detonating Chords, 6 packs of Water Gel Explosives, 6 Mobile Phones, 1 Camel Pack, 1 Cammoulage bag, 2 Hard drives, 1 Plier, 2 Unserviceable Hand held Radios, 2 Scissors, and needles, 2 Match boxes and the sum of Fifty Five Thousand Naira (N55,000:00) only.
While the terrorists and their families are currently undergoing comprehensive security profiling and preliminary investigations, the children have been administered with oral polio vaccines.
Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya has commended the troops for the sustained offensive and clearance operations conducted in the theatre, and has charged them to maintain the momentum of the operations.
