By Wale Ishola
TROOPS of Operation Fire Ball have eliminated five Boko Haram/Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists and recovered cache of arms and ammunition, as well as bags of assorted grains in recent attacks on their hideouts in Borno State.
The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations (DMO), Brigadier-General Bernard Onyeuko, disclosed this in statement on Sunday.
Onyeuko said that Operation Fire Ball, a subsidiary of Operation Lafiya Dole, had continued to clear terrorists from their identified enclaves in the North-East.
He said the troops of Army Super Camp 11, Gamboru-Ngala, on November 27, overran the terrorists’ hideout at Garal and Bulankesa villages.
He said that the troops eliminated two terrorists in the encounter, while others fled in disarray with fatal injuries.
Onyeuko said that troops deployed in Pulka also raided a terrorists’ logistics base at Ashigashiya on Friday, killing two terrorists, while others escaped with gunshot wounds.
According to him, bags of assorted grains and other food items were recovered and the logistics warehouse was destroyed.
