The Nigerian
Army says troops of 33 Brigade Nigerian Army on fighting patrol on 9th September 2016, encountered suspected
kidnappers at Lame Burra forest near Dutsen Ganye, Gunduru and Kati Layin
villages, Bauchi State.
A statement
from Army spokesman Colonel Sani Usman said during a heavy exchange of fire,
the troops killed 7 of the kidnappers and destroyed their camps.
He added
that they also recovered two AK-47 rifles and three Dane guns at the camp.
Usman
explained that two Forward Operation
Bases (FOBs) were established at Lame and Jimi to cover the Lame and Burra axis
of the forest respectively.
He said
troops usually carry out periodic fighting patrols into the forest from the
FOBs.
He also
said troops on Operation Lafiya DoleA
deployed at Forward Operation Base
(FOB), Buratai in conjunction with local vigilante arrested a suspected Boko
Haram terrorist named Adamu Damuna.
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