1 soldier died, 2 missing, 13 wounded in operation in Abuja

The Army has confirmed that one soldier died, two
missing and 13 others are wounded in an ongoing 
operations to rid remnants of terrorists from their hide outs 
in Borno and North east generally.

Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman made this known in a statement in
Abuja on Thursday.

He said that the operation involved ambushes, cordon and
search of the suspected remnants hiding places in the 
remote areas.

Usman said that efforts were ongoing to locate the two
missing soldiers.

According to him, on Wednesday, troops of 159 Battalion
Artillery Detachment based on information and confirmation on the presence of suspected Boko Haram terrorists at 
Tula Udah Forest, carried out heavy bombardment to neutralise them.

“Similarly, based on tip-off on the presence of foreign
elements of Boko Haram terrorists from Chad and Niger,
troops carried out cordon and search operations at Gombe
International Hotel, Gombe State.

“However, nothing incriminating was found. More vigilance
 is being maintained in the area,’’ Usman said.

He said during the operations, 505 people, including male,
female and children were rescued, while nine arrests,
 including six suspected terrorists, two fraudsters and one drug peddler were arrested.

Usman said that one Boko Haram camp was destroyed 
during the exercise and two vehicles recovered, adding
 that the owner of one of the recovered vehicles was also arrested.