Nigerian Army captures 220 Boko Haram Insurgents In North-East

On Friday, the Nigerian Army said its troops had captured 220 Boko
Haram insurgents in various clearance operations in the northeast
region. Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, the Deputy Director, Army Public
Relations, Operation Lafiya Dole, made the disclosure in a statement
issued in Maiduguri.
Nwachukwu said that troops captured 167 insurgents after raiding
their enclaves in Lake Chad Basin while 53 others were captured in
northern parts of Borno State. He disclosed that troops also
extricated 67 women and 173 children, who were family members of
the insurgents.
Nwachukwu said that the troops have intensified offensive to clear
remnants of the insurgents in the region, noting that the operation
has yielded positive results.

“Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole have intensified offensive
on Boko Haram enclaves in the Island around Lake Chad.
The offensive which commenced about two weeks ago with
coordinated air and artillery bombardments on Boko Haram
enclaves is yielding positive results, as several insurgents
have been killed while 167 fleeing insurgents have been
captured by troops. Troops also extricated and profiled 67
women and 173 children who revealed during profiling
exercise that they are family members of the insurgents
who fled the troops’ offensive,” he said.
Nwachukwu explained that arrangements were ongoing to handover
the women and children to authorities of Internally Displaced Persons
(IDPs) camps, after completing preliminary investigations.
According to him, troops in the past two months conducted long-
range fighting patrols and ambushes. He disclosed that the troops
cleared the insurgents’ hideouts at Saada and Juwei villages in the
fringes of northern Borno. “During the operations, troops
intercepted and arrested 53 fleeing insurgents who have been
profiled and are currently helping with investigations. Fifteen
insurgents have also willingly renounced the sect and surrendered,
dismissing it as futile struggle”.
Nwachukwu further sympathised with families of troops and civilians,
who died in the encounters and the callous suicide bombing attacks
by the terrorists.