A soldier attached to the Troops of 7 Division Nigerian Army, Operation LAFIYA DOLE, has been reported dead during a clearance operation into the remnants of Boko Haram strategic hub town of Chukungudu on the southern fringes of the Lake Chad Region, northern parts of Borno State.
The troops was led by the General Officer Commanding of the Division, Brigadier General Victor Ezugwu.
The maneuvering Brigade led by three Battalion of 22 Brigade, according to a statement by Col. Sani Kukasheka Usman, Acting Director Army Public Relations, successfully cleared Geram, Bulankassa and Chukungudu believed to be the Boko Haram terrorists stronghold in that area.
The gallant troops rescued 85 people, comprising of mostly women and children held hostage by insurgents.
Similarly, they neutralized five Boko Haram terrorists fighters in a fierce encounter that made several of the terrorists running into the Lake Chad waters.
The troops recovered four rounds of Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) bombs, 1 Double Barrel Gun, 349 packets containing various rounds of ammunitions, 3 Magazines, a link belt of machine gun ammunition and 1 AK-47 rifle magazine.
During the clearance operations, the troops made spectacular discovery of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) making factory at Geram. In the factory, they found several already primed suicide bombers’ vests. They also discovered a well equipped motor vehicles and motorcycles’ workshop and spare parts where house at Chukungudu village.
The troops recovered three vehicles and several newly acquired motorcycles.
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