BY ABDULLAHI ISAH, MAIDUGURI
Dozens of Boko Haram insurgents were on Sunday killed and weapons were recovered, when troops of Operation Lafiya Dole laid ambush on a suspected Boko Haram terrorists’ crossing point at Bocost along Ngurosoye -Bama road, Borno State.
The Army in a press statement signed by the Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Sani Kukasheka Usman said “the Troops of 151 Battalion, 21 Brigade Nigerian Army on operation LAFIYA DOLE, at the early hours of Sunday 10th September 2017, laid a successful ambush on suspected Boko Haram terrorists crossing point at Bocost along Ngurosoye -Bama road, Borno State.”
General Kukasheka said “the Troops neutralized a large number of the Boko Haram terrorists, while other terrorists sustained gun shot wounds.”
The statement stated that the troops recovered the following items from the terrorists; 1 AK 47 rifle with registration number 1029, 1 AK 47 magazine, 60 rounds of 7.62mm Special, 3 Bicycles, 4 Empty Jerricans, a Cutlass and the cash of Five Thousand and Six Hundred Naira (N5, 600.00k) only.
