Troops Capture Boko-Haram Leaders, Recover Weapons

The Federal Government troops deployed to Yobe and Borno states have captured some notorious leaders of the terrorist group, Boko Haram, and recovered various weapons.
Director of Defence Information, Brig-Gen. Chris Olukolade disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja recently.
In the statement, Olukolade gave the report of a nine-member defence Headquarters Operational Assessment team, sent by the Chief of Defence Staff, Adm. Ola Ibrahim, to the two states.
Olukolade said the team visited troop locations in various parts of Borno and Yobe States.
“The commanding officer narrated the conduct of the operation to rid the forest of the insurgents who had made the location their sanctuary.
Olukolade quoted him as saying that some notorious leaders of the terrorist had been captured while some materials recovered in their camp had provided useful intelligence for subsequent operations.
“The team was shown the various weapons, including rockets and locally fabricated weapon accessories captured in the forest”.
He said items included a large number of Improvised Explosive Devices making materials, laptops, mobile communication equipment used for shooting and posting online videos as well as locally made rockets and rocket launchers.
“Also, seized vehicles of different brands were shown to the team.