Troops uncover B’Haram underground armouryr
The troops of the Nigerian Army have
recovered large cache of arms and ammunition from the Boko Haram
insurgents in Gursum, Borno State.
The Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya
Dole, Maj. Gen. Lucky Irabor, said this in the text of a press briefing
on the recovered arms and ammunition, forwarded to our correspondent
that the troops recovered the items following a tip off.
He said that the troops and some members
of the civilian JTF were mobilised for a clearance operation at
Borgozo-Alargana following the intelligence, where the items were
recovered.
According to him, the items recovered
included 36 boxes of .51mm calibre, 5 x 20 Lyra beefcake mixture of
7.62mm (NATO) ammunition, large quantity of 7.62mm (Special), ammunition
and one 81mm mortar tube.
He added that the troops also recovered one Toyota Hilux, a generator and several motorcycles.
Irabor said that the patrol team also
cleared some remnants of the Boko Haram who were dislodged from Alagarno
and were in three camps at Kadari, Abu Fayima and Gursum.
He appealed to Nigerians especially in
the three states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe to continue to provide
useful information to the security agencies to enable them to complete
the clearance of the insurgents from all their hideouts in the area.
“Following a tip off troops of Operation
Lafiya Dole and some Civilian JTF today (Sunday) went on a clearance
patrol to Borgozo-Alargano general area in which they discovered large
cache of arms and ammunition concealed by Boko Haram terrorists.
“The patrol team also cleared remnants
of Boko Haram terrorists that were dislodged from Alagarno forest
hibernating at Kadari, Camp Abu Fatima and Gursum.
“The Nigerian Army wishes to appeal to
all Nigerians and in particular, the good people of Adamawa, Borno and
Yobe states to continue to provide useful information to troops in order
to facilitate complete routing of the remnants of Boko Haram
insurgents hiding in their localities,” he said.
Meanwhile, the leader of the
BringBackOurGirls advocacy group, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, says the initial
inaction of the government to confront and take genuine actions against
the Boko Haram militant group escalated the attacks so far perpetrated
by the sect.
She said if the government had swung
into action when 29 school boys of the Federal Government College, Buni
Yadi, Yobe State, were slaughtered and burnt by the militants, the
activities of the sect might have been curtailed. She noted that only a
nation that sees no value in its citizens could afford to ignore them.
Addressing worshippers at the Daystar
Christian Centre, Lagos, on Sunday on the commemoration of the second
year anniversary since over 297 school girls were kidnapped from the
Government Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State, Ezekwesili regretted
that it was about the same time the “abominable act” in Yobe was
perpetrated by the sect that the Federal Government still went ahead
with the centenary celebration.
“Even some of my colleagues in the
global community that came for the centenary celebration apologised,
saying they couldn’t understand why the centenary celebration went on
despite the attack, but that by virtue of their offices, they had to
attend the event,” she added.
She said such an act by the government could have given the militants the leeway to carry out more attacks.
She added, “Since they (Boko Haram) got
away with their action the first time and nothing was done about it,
they increased the number of their targets the second time. No wonder,
less than two months after, on April 14, 2014, 276 girls were kidnapped
in Chibok, out of which 57 managed to escape and 219 are still being
held captive.
“When people behave badly and there is
no consequence, you have given them a licence for worst behaviour. If
the Chibok girls were the children of the elites, a distress call about
their abduction would have received a speedy response.”
Ezekwesili, who is a former Minister of
Education and Vice President of the World Bank, vowed that nothing would
make her to stop talking about the girls until justice was done to
them, adding that it was unfortunate that the importance placed on crude
oil and pipelines by the system had taken the place of the citizens of
the country.
“The Chibok girls are the symbol to
bring all of us back to what really matters in life, which is the human
life, and not any material acquisition or any other thing,” she added.
The Senior Pastor, DCC, Sam Adeyemi,
prayed for the release of the girls, assuring that the church would not
stop praying for their release.
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