Troops of the 25 Task Force Brigade, Nigerian Army in a joint operation with the Nigerian Air Force have discovered and destroyed a factory used by terrorists in Borno State to produce Improvised Explosive Devices, IEDs.
The information is contained in a statement signed by Army spokesman, Col Sani Usman and made available to News Agency of Nigeria, NAN in Abuja on Friday.
The statement said that the factory was found at Nyaleri village in Damboa local government of Borno State.
“The troops of 25 Task Force Brigade Nigerian Army achieved an unprecedented feat today in the fight against the Boko Haram terrorists in its area of operations.
“The Brigade, during a cordon and search operation at Sandia, Kokakowa and Nyaleri villages suspected to be Boko Haram enclaves early today, discovered and destroyed the factory.
“It was situated along Maiduguri-Bulabulin-Damboa road, in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State, Nigeria.’’
The troops arrested three terror suspects in the process. They also recovered some items including a Peugeot pick up truck, a 10kva power generator, a water pumping machine, gas cylinders, 3 bags of maize, 1 bag of millet and several empty Jerry cans of diesel.
The statement added that the feat was a result "of the renewed efforts and vigour on the part of our troops to meet up with the set deadline that has turned the tide and momentum of the battle against the Boko Haram terrorists in our country."
President Muhammadu Buhari had recently given the military a deadline of three months within which to end the Boko Haram insurgency.
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