BREAKING NEWS, Security
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TROOPS of the Seven Division Garrison Nigerian Army in Operation Lafia Dole, on Sunday, November 16, made a remarkable progress by arresting John Trankil, a Boko Haram Terrorist kingpin, at Kasuwar Shanu in Maiduguri metropolis, Borno State.
Tukur Ismail Gusau, a colonel and medical coordinator of the operation, in a statement, said that preliminary investigation revealed that nine of the suspects were sneaked into the Maiduguri armed with AK 47 assault rifle each and a Hilux vehicle laden with 20 improvised explosive devices, IEDs, meant to be detonated at some selected targets in the city.
Yusha’u Mahmood Abubakar, a major general and theatre commander operation Lafia Dole, commended the efforts of the troops and renewed call for the troops and the public to be more vigilant and security conscious particularly at all check points, markets, worship centres, motor parks and schools.
In a related development, troops of 21 Brigade Nigerian Army, while on offensive operations on Boko Haram terrorists location, with the support from the Nigerian Airforce discovered and destroyed the terrorists’ IED and rocket making factory along Bama-Gonin Kurmi within the outskirts of Bama town, Borno State.
The items recovered included gas cylinders, welding machine, pipes and poles. Others include locally made rocket shells, large quantity of assorted chemicals, unprimed IEDs and various technical and laboratory equipment suspected to be stolen from schools’ laboratories around Bama before they were dislodged from the area.
— Nov 17, 2015 @ 13:45 GMT
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