fighters of the Boko Haram Sect who
were attempting to flee the country
through Taraba State and Gumti in
Adamawa State into Cameroon.
The Director of Defence Information,
Maj.-Gen. Chris Olukolade, said in an
electronic mail on Thursday that one of
those arrested was a mercenary
claiming to be a citizen of Chad and
Burkinafaso.
Olukolade also said that 11 insurgents
were also killed during shootouts with
troops in the border communities.
He said that the terrorists who were
involved in the encounter with the
Special Forces were trapped and were
forced out of their hideout by hunger.
According for the Defence spokesman,
the Special Forces arrested some of the
insurgents who left one of the camps in
the forest took the security men to
similar camps in the area.
He said that the Special Forces killed
seven of the insurgents during a fierce
gun battle in one of the camps.
He added that four other insurgents
were killed in another battle with troops
at Gombi.
Olukolade said that several categories of
high calibre weapons, several
Improvised Explosive Devices and over
70 motorcycles were recovered from
the insurgents in the operations.
He said, "A group of terrorists
attempting to escape into Cameroon
through Taraba and Gumti in Adamawa
State have come under heavy fire from
troops on patrol of the area in the
ongoing counter-terrorism campaign.
"The terrorists who had been trapped as
a result of the ongoing offensive by the
troops along the borders were given out
when some of them could no longer
bear the hunger in their make-shift
camps in the forest.
"Those who were apprehended led
troops to their hideouts where fierce
fighting ensued.
"Seven terrorists died, while a large
number of Improvised Explosive Devices
and rifles were recovered including over
70 motorcycles.
"Similar encounter in Gombi also led to
the death of four other terrorists."
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