5th August, 2015
The Nigerian Army says troops in recovery operations have cleared all roads in the northeast of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), planted by Boko Haram insurgents.
Colonel Tukur Gusau, the spokesman for the 7 Division of Nigerian Army, announced this in a statement issued in Maiduguri on Wednesday.
He said troops of the division, during Clearance and Linking Up Operations, recovered five IEDs planted on the road linking Gwoza and Yamteke.
According to the statement, the explosives had since been defused and destroyed by a team of Nigerian Army engineers.
“Troops conducting clearance operations in Dikwa area, following routing out of terrorists in the area a couple of days ago, discovered a hideout in which weapons and equipment used for construction of IEDs were hidden.
“They include five drilling, one filing, two cutting, one disc filing machines, 52 compact discs, nine rocket propelled grenades, seven charges, one 105mm pack howitzer, one BMG tripod stand and one cutting/drilling machine.”
It reiterated the readiness of the troops to ensure that the Boko Haram terrorists were flushed out and peace restored “by all means” in the region.
NAN recalls that combined efforts by Nigerian Air Force fighter jets and ground troops have destroyed camps of the suspected terrorists in recent operations in the region.