Source: THISDAY LIVE
The Nigerian military has intercepted
families of the Boko Haram terrorists escaping from the onslaught and
clearance operations in Sambisa Forest towards the northern part of
Borno State
This is coming as the troops of the
Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) have launched Operation Gama
Aiki, aimed at stopping the relocation of the terrorists towards the
northern part of the state and to flush them out from the Lake Chad
basin area bordering Chad and Niger Republics.
The Director of Army Public Relations
(DAPR), Col. Sani Usman, in a statement on Wednesday, said that the
troops of 81 Battalion and 251 Task Force Battalion deployed at an
observation post had in the early hours of Wednesday sighted a group of
persons approaching its check point at Liwanti village along
Damboa-Bulabulin road, Borno State.
On arrival, Usman said, they were
received and treated humanely based on International Humanitarian Laws
and Rules of Engagement.
He however, said that on preliminary
investigation, it was discovered that the 69 of them were indeed family
members of Boko Haram terrorists escaping from Sambisa.
“Out of that number, seven of them are
men, 18 women, seven grown up boys and 37 children,” he stated. “At the
initial state of interrogation, they claimed to have escaped from Boko
Haram terrorists captivity at Ngwalimari village in Sambisa forest
general area. But further interrogation revealed otherwise.”
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