The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Thursday said troops have killed more than 252 Boko Haram/Islamic States West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in the last two weeks.
The operation was carried out by soldiers of Operation Hadin Kai in the Northeast.
This was disclosed by the DHQ spokesperson, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, at a bi-weekly news conference on military operations across the country, on Thursday in Abuja.
He said the success was recorded in a series of land and air interdictions at the fringes of various villages and communities in Borno and Yobe.
He said the troops has in one of the operations neutralised 52 terrorists, arrested 14 others and rescued three of the abducted Chibok girls named Jinkai Yama, Falmata Lawal and Asabe Ali.
He said, “Troops also recovered two unexploded grenades, 12 AK47 rifles, three FN rifles, five AK47 magazines, one automatic grenade launcher and one hand grenade.
“Also recovered are one AP mine, 86 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition, one motorcycle, 16 bows and arrows, seven bicycles and 10 mobile phones.
“Also, a suspected foreign logistic supplier and arms dealer to the terrorists, named Mallam Abatcha Bukar, was arrested with assorted injections, two Automated Teller Machine cards and the sum of N294,520,” he said.
Mr Danmadami said the land and air component had on Sept. 3, launched an attack on identified terrorist enclaves at Gabchari in Bama Local Government Area of Borno and dealt a deadly blow on the terrorists.
