Nigeria: We Have Broken the Heart , Soul of Shekau's Group in Sambisa - Theatre Commander

14 February 2018

The Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj Gen Rogers Nicholas has on Wednesday said that troops of Operation Lafiya Dole in continuation of Operation Deep Puch 11 have broken the soul and heart of Abubakar Shekau's group in Sambisa forest. Maj Gen Nicholas also said the troops killed 186 Boko Haram terroriststs , arrested 34 , while 1, 320 others surrenderd to both Nigerian, cameroonian and Niger Forces , as a total number of 3,745 Civilians were rescued between mid December 2017 and Mid February this year. He said a total of 49 Gun trucks were recovered in addition to assorted Vehicles and ammunition in the said operation.

Maj Gen Nicholas stated this at the command and control centre of Operation Lafiya Dole in Maiduguri, while briefing the press on the exploits of troops within the Theatre in the past one and half month.He said unlike in the previous time when troops will capture sambisa and leave it for Boko Haram to reoccupy, the troops this time will remain in the forest untill every thing about Boko Haram is flushed out from the forest. He said to maintain this road construction is ongoing in the forest to make an access road as displaced Persons return home.

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