The Defence Headquarters says troops of Operation Hadin Kai, have eliminated 31 terrorists, arrested 71 and received 1,186 insurgents who have turned a new leaf in the last two weeks in the North East region of the country.
The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brigadier-General Bernard Onyeuko, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on the operations of armed forces between Oct. 29 and Nov. 11 in Abuja.
Onyeuko said that two of the arrested terrorists were women logistics suppliers namely, Aisha Umar (19) with a two year old child and Kaltumi Bakura (20) who are residents at the IDP Camp in Bama.
He also disclosed that a total of 97 kidnapped civilians were rescued while a total of 122 assorted weapons were recovered during the period.
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According to him, the surrendered Boko Haram elements include their families, 226 adult males, 406 adult females and 555 children who surrendered to troops at different locations in Borno.
Within the period in focus, the troops of Operation Hadin Kai conducted series of land and air operations across the North East theatre that yielded commendable results.
The sustained synergy in the land and air operational efforts have continued to degrade the operational capabilities of the terrorist elements, limit their freedom of action and drive scores of them into surrendering.
Some of these operations were executed at different locations in Borno and Yobe , including; Rann, Dalayazara, Gwange Kura, Bam Buratai, Makintakuri and Muduvi villages as well as Marte – Dikwa and Buni Yadi – Jauro Bashir roads,” he said.
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In the same vein, The Nigerian military has deployed some of its attack helicopters to monitor the Kaduna-Abuja railway tracks.
Although Brigadier-General Onyeuko did not say much on the new initiative, he, however, confirmed that monitoring has commenced.
Asked to explain more on the military exercise, Onyeuko said: The important thing is the Nigerian Air Force is present at the rail tracks. Suffice to say, the operation has started. Even if you travel by road, you will see our helicopters along that route.’’
There have been a series of attacks on trains and railway tracks by some yet to be unidentified bandits along the Kaduna-Abuja axis of the country.
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