Troops storm suspected Boko Haram hideouts in Yobe, intensify hunt for terrorists

Troops of the Joint Task Force North-East, Operation HADIN KAI, person carried retired a clearance cognition connected suspected violent hideouts successful Geidam Local Government Area of Yobe State arsenic portion of ongoing efforts to forestall insurgents from regrouping successful the North-East.

The cognition was reported by information expert Zagazola Makama. 

According to the report, troops of B Company, Kanama, 159 Task Force Battalion, supported by unit of the National Forest Guards, launched the cognition astatine astir 2:10pm connected August 1 aft receiving quality astir the suspected question and convergence of terrorists wrong the area.

The study said the troops, travelling successful 1 Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected, MRAP, conveyance and 3 weapon trucks, precocious to Garin Gada and Bulagra villages to wide the locations and contradict insurgents state of movement.

Although the troops did not brushwood immoderate suspected terrorists during the operation, they conducted extended searches of the identified locations to disrupt imaginable violent activities and forestall the constitution of caller hideouts.

According to Makama, residents of some communities told the troops that determination were nary progressive Boko Haram camps wrong the contiguous area.

However, the locals disclosed that suspected insurgents occasionally pa...