The Nigerian Army on Monday said it killed three
terrorists and rescued 93 children and women in two separate operations in
Borno State.
Troops of the 112 Task Force Battalion and 22 Brigade
killed three terrorists holding the women and children as farm slaves in Kobe
and Boboshe villages in the state.
The army said 42 women and 51 children were set
free during the operation. Army regimental medical officers in collaboration
with the Nigerian Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) meanwhile, administered
polio vaccine on 24 of the rescued children.
A statement by the army said troops also discovered newly established
camps at Dubula village with some bicycles and motorcycle tracks, adding that the
camp was destroyed and one of the terrorists was neutralised while trying to
escape.
Similarly, the army, in conjunction with Civilian
Joint Task Force, vigilante and hunters group, conducted an offensive clearance
operation to Tafana 1 and Tafana 2 villages.
The troops came in contact with some terrorists who
fled their camps on sighting the approaching troops in mines resistance
anti-patrol vehicles.
It was learnt that the troops also neutralised the
fleeing terrorists, adding that during the operation, two men, 29 women and 25
children were rescued.
Items recovered were two boxes filled with Qurans,
two terrorists' flags, five bicycles, five phone SIM cards of different
networks and assorted clothing materials.
According to the statement, "In all the
operations and victims so far rescued, it was observed that with the coming of
the rainy season, farmers are preparing for the farming season, while the
terrorists are also using women and children as farm slaves (labourers) in
their farmlands to meet up with their daily feeding challenges due to food
drought in the forest sustained by the ferocious operations of the Nigerian troops."
The statement, which was signed by the Army Spokesman,
Col Sagir Musa, said: "In the circumstance, troops have been directed by
the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai, to raise
their patriotism and continue to dominate the battle space with aggressive
decisive clearance operations from all flanks to ensure the looming defeat of the
terrorists of whatever shades in North-east zone."
It said the acting General Officer Commanding 7
Division of the Nigerian Army and Commander Sector 1 Operation Lafiya Dole,
Brigadier General Abdulmalik Bulama Biu, commended the troops of the division
for the latest operation.
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