Boko Haram: Army Rescues Three Borno Communities, Five Persons - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 13, 2020
Troops of the 121 and 192 Battalionand the Cameroonian Defense Force have liberated three communities on MandaraMountains, in Gwoza Local Council Area of Borno State. During the joint ‘RufeKofa operations’ on January 7, 2020, the soldiers also destroyed the hideoutsof Boko Haram insurgents.
The Media Coordinator of ArmyOperations, Colonel Aminu Iliyasu, who stated this in Maiduguri, said that thejoint ground troops cleared and destroyed hideouts at Zaleddva to liberateBoko, Ngoshe and Agapalawa communities on the hills, which were prone toattacks.
He said, elements of Theatre StrikeForce, TSF and the Cameroonian Defense Force, in conjunction with the CivilianJoint Task Force, JTF and local hunters ascended the Ungwan-Gara, KwataraMountain, an enclave of Boko Haram criminals.
Iliyasu added that during theoperation, troops rescued five abandoned captives, including a septuagenarian,three women, and a minor.
In a similar event, troops of 112Task Force Battalion deployed to Mafa Local Council of Borno State andneutralised some Boko Haram terrorists.