Photos: Nigerian Army arrest two soldiers working with Boko Haram in Adamawa

Two soldiers working with Boko Haram terror
group have been arrested by the Nigerian Army.
At a press conference held yesterday February
9th, the acting spokesperson of the Nigerian
Army, Colonel Sani Usman, disclosed that the
soldiers, 13NA/ 70/10183 Sapper Eric Nwokorie
and 13NA/70/10263 Sapper Macauley Fortune,
were arrested at Yola motor park in Adamawa
state with some unauthorized explosive
materials...
"Last Sunday 7th February 2016, two of
our Explosive Ordinance Device personnel
attached to 143 Battalion, 13NA/
70/10183 Sapper Eric Nwokorie and
13NA/70/10263 Sapper Macauley Fortune
were arrested at Yola park with the
following unauthorised military items:
1 Smoke grenade, 2,136 live rounds of
7.62 (Special) ammunition, 50 live rounds
of 7.6mm (NATO) ammunition, 5
magazines of AK 47 rifles, 2 Browning
Machine Gun live rounds of ammunitions.
Others include, 1 Axe, 1 Cutlass, 1 Jack
knife, 9 Jungle hats, 11 pairs of
Camouflage (9 Desert and 3 woodland
green), 4 Military Pullovers, 1 Black beret,
1 Green beret, 1 Pair of number 7 dress, 2
General Duty belt, 12 Army T-shirts, 2
Rain Coats, 2 Water bottles, 1 Pairs of
Rain boot and 5 Pairs of Desert boots"he
said
Usman also announced that some Boko Haram
members were recently killed in Kekeno, Kukawa
Local Government Area and also in Budumri
village while their hostages were set free
"Troops of 7 Brigade Quick Reaction Force
(QRF), Multinational Joint Task Force,
yesterday inflicted casualties on Boko
Haram terrorists, thus causing a major
setback to the insurgents.
This feat was achieved when the troops
staged an ambush against the terrorists
at Kekeno, Kukawa Local Government
Area. During the operation, the gallant
troops killed 5 suspected Boko Haram
terrorists, recovered one Toyota Buffalo
vehicle, 3 AK-47 rifles, 2 knives, a horse
and other locally fabricated weapons .
The insurgents were believed to be on a
retaliatory mission following the killing of
a suspected Boko Haram Ameer during an
ambush by our troops at Kekeno. In
another development, troops of 118 Task
Force Battalion patrolling Mile 90-Kekeno
general area, have killed one suspected
Boko Haram terrorist and captured 2
other insurgents.
Similarly, troops of Army Headquarters
Special Forces on patrol to Yale came
across Boko Haram terrorists camp at
Bulagana, cleared the camp and rescued
40 civilians held hostage. Unfortunately, 1
soldier sustained gunshot wounds during
the operation. He has since been
evacuated and is responding to
treatment.
In the same vein, 151 Task Force
Battalion of 21 Brigade while on patrol
encountered Boko Haram terrorists at
Budumri village during which they killed
25 Boko Haram terrorists and arrested 8
other terrorists. The troops also rescued
103 civilians held hostage by the
terrorists. They also recovered 1 Golf car
and quite a number of motorcycles and
bicycles. The troops also cleared
terrorists camp at Bolungu village. The
same unit also rescued 181 persons and
captured 8 Boko Haram terrorists. Among
those rescued, were 18 men, 90 women
and 77 children. The screening and
profiling of those rescued is ongoing
before their movement to IDP camps,
while those arrested are being
interrogated, he said".