Njadvara Musa, Maiduguri
May 1, 2023.
Troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) have arrested 19 Boko Haram terrorists while clearing their hideouts in Borno state.
They also recovered several weapons on April 29, 2023 in Kangori village, 17 kilometres West of Damasak in Mobbar local council.
A counter-insurgency expert, in the Lake Chad region, Zagazola Makama, disclosed, yesterday (Monday), in Maiduguri that: “During the intensified patrols, raids and mop up operations of Operation Desert/Lake Sanity II, the insurgents were arrested in the Bulabulin general area.”
The troops the also recovered some IEDs making equipment, six AK-47 magazines among other weapons captured from the fleeing terrorists.
According to him, some the terrorists’ hamlets were also destroyed to prevent them from reuse,
Similarly, a pregnant Chibok schoolgirl was rescued by troops of 114 Task Force Battalion in Bita, 36 kilometres, west Gwoza in the state
He said that the 26-year-old girl is on serial number two abducted in Chibok and rescued on April 21, 2023, along with her three-year old baby at Lagara.
“She hails from the Kibaku tribe in the Jila community of Chibok local council of Borno state,” said Makama.
Troops of 114 Taskforce Battalion, Bita, have rescued yet another abducted Chibok School girl.
Continued; “While in captivity, Hauwa got married in Gulukos to one Salman, a camera man to the late terrorists’ leader, Shekau.
“Salman later died in Lake Chad. Thereafter, Hauwa Maltha got married off again to one Mallam Muhammad in Gobara and had 2 children for him.
Mallam Muhammad, her second husband was also killed in Ukuba terrorists’ enclave in Sambisa Forest during clashes between Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP).
Since her rescue, Hauwa who is about 8 months and 2 weeks pregnant, has undergone thorough medical examination along with her baby.
Hauwa and her baby, Fatima, will be handed over to the Borno State government for further management.
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