12th March, 2016
Troops of 118 Task Force Battalion of 7 Brigade, had carried out a raid of the village during which they killed a Boko Haram terrorist and captured one alive.
They also rescued a 3 year old girl from the terrorists.
In addition, they recovered 1 AK-47 rifle, 3 rifle magazines, 1 Hewlett Packard laptop, 2 External hard drives, a pair military and Nigeria Police camouflage uniform, a camel bag, 3 mini solar panels, assorted charms, fishing nets and soldering iron, amongst others.
Troops of 7 Brigade Quick Reaction Force on a routine fighting patrol also had an encounter with members of the Boko Haram moving on 3 motorcycles along Kekeno axis linking Dabam Masara.
During the pursuit, troops killed 2 Boko Haram terrorists and recovered 2 AK-47 rifles, 3 motorcycles and one tear gas from the terrorists. Other items recovered include 4 mobile telephone handsets, assorted sizes of bathroom slippers, food flasks, plastic cups, amongst others.
The same troops on Friday killed a wanted Boko Haram kingpin who is 95th on the first Nigerian Army wanted list of 100 Boko Haram terrorists leaders.