The arrested Boko Haram members as well as weapons and motocycles seized from them in Taraba and Adamawa States... on Thursday.
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The
Special Forces have arrested 31 fighters of the Boko Haram Sect who
were attempting to flee the country through Taraba State and Gumti in
Adamawa State into Cameroon.
The Director of Defence Information,
Maj.-Gen. Chris Olukolade, said in an electronic mail on Thursday that
one of those arrested was a mercenary claiming to be a citizen of Chad
and Burkinafaso.
He said that the terrorists who were
involved in the encounter with the Special Forces were trapped and were
forced out of their hideout by hunger.
According for the Defence spokesman, the
Special Forces arrested some of the insurgents who left one of the
camps in the forest took the security men to similar camps in the area.
He said that the Special Forces killed seven of the insurgents during a fierce gun battle in one of the camps.
He added that four other insurgents were killed in another battle with troops at Gombi.
Olukolade said that several categories
of high calibre weapons, several Improvised Explosive Devices and over
70 motorcycles were recovered from the insurgents in the operations.
He said, “A group of terrorists
attempting to escape into Cameroon through Taraba and Gumti in Adamawa
State have come under heavy fire from troops on patrol of the area in
the ongoing counter-terrorism campaign.
“The terrorists who had been trapped as a
result of the ongoing offensive by the troops along the borders were
given out when some of them could no longer bear the hunger in their
make-shift camps in the forest.
“Those who were apprehended led troops to their hideouts where fierce fighting ensued.
“Seven terrorists died, while a large
number of Improvised Explosive Devices and rifles were recovered
including over 70 motorcycles.
“Similar encounter in Gombi also led to the death of four other terrorists.”
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