Military special forces on Wednesday carried out a major operation against the Boko Haram fighters at a forest region between Borno and Yobe states.
A security source said the special forces, who carried out an aerial surveilance of the area, discovered a major camp of the insurgents some kilometers away from the Yobe State School of Agriculture, Gujba, where about 90 students were murdered on Sunday.
The source said that the operation was one of the biggest offensives of the Nigerian military against the Boko Haram since the declaration of the emergency rule by President Goodluck Jonathan in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states.
Investigations revealed that three Alpha jets, several heavy artillery weapons and a large number of ground forces of the Division 7 of the Nigerian Army in Borno and Yobe states participated in the operation.
Although, the source could not give the casualty figure in the operation, he stated that the camp was one of the largest to have been discovered and could contain hundreds of insurgents.
It was further stated that the entire forest was engulfed in a thick fire as at the time of filing the reports.
A highly placed Defence Headquarters source said that the military devised “a strategy to box them in” to prevent them from escaping during the operation.
It was learnt that the men of the Joint Task Force in Yobe and those in Maiduguri were deployed simultaneously alongside three Alpha jets of the Nigerian Air Force during the Wednesday raid by the military.
The source said that the Nigerian military sustained the fierce attack on the terrorists’ enclave all through the operation that lasted several hours.
The source said, “The operation today was a massive one. Heavy artillery guns were deployed, Air Force, and ground troops from Borno and Yobe were deployed in large number.” Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Kudos but it looks like the more you killed the more they rise. Is the millitants ghost? killed them today tomorrow they increase more? Wrenck more havock than usual let us be frank with ourself.
ReplyDeleteThe Nigerian Armed forces should invest heavily on sophisticated surveillance equipment which will enable them to monitor movt of people and vehicles within the enclave of Nigeria and beyond. This will enhance precision in tracking movt of insurgents and other people of questionable character. This will consequently make it possible to locate and strike enemies using guided missiles as the Israelites does. All neighboring countries that are prone to terrorists should also be placed under surveillance and where necessary, the army can encroach into such countries to attack insurgents. Its all about security bilateral cooperation. The only challenge will be that of corruption as such equipment and technology which ordinarily will cost less in other countries, will be over inflated thereby making it difficult to acquire with the amount of money available.
ReplyDeleteAs d military is launching an attack on them, let us continue launching a prayer missile againt them. With all these, we will win d battle. God save Nigeria.
ReplyDeleteThis is the problem with most of Africa.
DeletePrayer will achieve nothing.
You fight Guns with Guns, Not imaginary people who live in the sky.
They are just too many
ReplyDeleteThey're they are nothing. The problem is that there are saboteurs in the Nigeria army
ReplyDeleteGoodluck Jonathon has bought 11 private jets, and 2 private Helicopters.
ReplyDeleteThey are used to run errands, and provide a free taxi service for all his hangers on
There seems to be plenty of money for toys, but none to equip the Army.
Shame on you.