Army kills 3 Boko Haram cattle thief, recovers 5 AK47s rifles in Bornu

By Halimat Mohammed

The Nigerian Army reveals that its troops killed three Boko Haram cattle rustlers at Mairari village in Monguno Local Government Area of Borno.

The Deputy Director Army Public Relations, 8 Task Force Division, Col. Timothy Antigha, in a statement on Monday in Maiduguri, said that the troops on Sunday ambushed the insurgents’ cattle rustling syndicate while trying to cross into Maiduguri. Read also: Mass defection hits APC, GPN in Bauchi

He said that the insurgents were on their way to the Lingir village market to sell the rustled cattle.

Antigha disclosed that several other insurgents escaped with gunshot wounds while one soldier sustained injuries in the encounter.

He explained that one other Boko Haram insurgent was also killed by the troops at Buruwa village.

Atigha added that the troops recovered assorted ammunitions, dresses and a horse from the insurgents.

“In furtherance of clearance exercise of Operation LAFIYA DOLE, troops of 8 Division Mobile Strike Team (MST) deployed at Forward Operations Base Mairari, on Sunday 8th October 2017; ambushed a Boko Haram terrorists’ cattle rustling syndicate trying to cross into Maiduguri to sell the rustled cattle, at Lingir village. Read also: Kwara Floods: LG boss calls for govts’ intervention

“During the encounter, the ambush party neutralized three Boko Haram terrorists, while some of them escaped with gunshot wounds.

“The troops recovered 5 AK-47 rifles, 5 Magazines, 11 rounds of 7.62mm special ammunition, 1 metal box containing clothes and a horse.

“Unfortunately, one soldier sustained injury during the encounter. The injured soldier has been evacuated to the 8 Task Force Division Medical centre at Monguno, where he is receiving further medical attention.

“The MST also followed up with pursuit up to Buruwa village around Gassawa general area, where they neutralized another Boko Haram terrorist and recovered an AK-47 rifle from him.” Read also: Russia 2018: Ahmed salutes Super Eagles’ qualification, seeks early preparations