Troops clear BH camps, recover bag of kulikuli, vehicles and weapons

Nigerian troops engaged in counter-terrorism operations in the Northeast have continued to clear camps of Boko Haram insurgents in the area.

In the early hours of Friday morning, troops of 156 Task Force Battalion of 29 Task Force Brigade  alongside the Civilian JTF and local vigilantes embarked on a clearance operation in Yajiwa inside Alagarno forest during which they destroyed 8 Boko Haram terrorists camps.

According to a statement issued by the Acting Director of Army Public Relations, Col Sani Usman, items recovered during the operation "include 2 primed Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), 3 Pressure Plates, a 36 Hand Grenade, 2 Dane Guns, 7 Motorcycles and 5 Empty Cases of 12.7mm rounds of ammunition. Others are 1 Damaged Mine Detector, a vehicle and Camel bag.
The troops also recovered a Vehicle top cylinder, a 19.5 tyre rim and 4 size13 tyre rims. Others include a 19.5 rim tyre, 3 tyre jacks, 2 motorcycle tyres and 2 solar panels, as well as 2 small generators, 1 grinding machine, 3 Water pumping machines, 1 Namsac sprayer and 1 bag of fried groundnut cake."