At about 1.35pm yesterday troops of 143 Battalion arrested Sulaiman Umaru, a suspected Boko Haram terrorists group member whose photograph is on the poster containing the photographs of the 100 Boko Haram terrorists declared wanted.
He has since been moved to 28 Task Force Brigade Headquarters for further investigation.
Troops of 21 Brigade have continued with the clearance operations at Yerimari, while troops of 22 Task Force Brigade Garrison have also embarked on patrols along Dikwa–Mafa-Maiduguri road. The patrol was aimed at picketing the road to keep it safe and open.
Similarly, same unit in conjunction with some elements of 112 TF Battalion conducted a fighting patrol along Dikwa-Gulumba Gana road.
The team had a fierce fire fight with some BH terrorists elements in which the troops killed quite a number of the Boko Haram terrorists.
Unfortunately, while on their way back, the team ran into an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at Antul, a village south east of Dikwa, in which 7 soldiers and 4 Civilian JTF accompanying them sustained injuries.
The injured soldiers and their civilian counterparts have been evacuated to 7 Division Hospital and Medical Services Maiduguri.
However, the patrol killed 2 Boko Haram terrorists and recovered 2 AK-47 rifles from them.
The patrol team had earlier intercepted 31 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), including women and children coming from Sunabaya, Gumule, Garno and Mane-Gana villages.
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