17th April, 2016
Nigerian troops have uncovered Boko Haram underground food storage facility following a simultaneous dawn raid on suspected Boko Haram terrorists hideouts at Biggoro, Warpaya and Aura, North of Kumshe in Bama Local Government Area.
The raid was carried out on Saturday 16 April by troops of 7 Division Strike Group Team B and 22 Task Force Brigade.
In a statement by Colonel Sani Usman, acting Director Army Public Relations, the essence of the operation was to stop the reported criminal activities of remnants of Boko Haram terrorists hiding in the three villages.
“This became necessary as previous efforts were futile. The suspected terrorists kept coming in search for food, water and shelter,” he said.
The surprise dawn attack yielded positive result as the troops discovered well concealed observation posts on trees in the villages constructed by the terrorists to give them early warning of troops movement or approach.
In addition the troops found out that the observation posts though tree tops, were constructed in such a manner with chairs and ropes to pull up foods and other needs by the sentry without necessarily coming down the trees.
To also save for the rainy day, the terrorists had underground food storage facilities where they stocked large quantity of foodstuffs.
The troops killed 2 Boko Haram terrorists and also recovered 3 AK-47 rifles, magazines and ammunitions. They also recovered 2 motorcycles from them.
In addition they rescued 2 children from the terrorists.