Army demystifies Boko Haram spiritual base, clears Alagarno forest

Perfecting the task, troops of 81 Battalion and 251 Task Force Battalion of 25 Task Force Brigade, 7 Division Nigerian Army, on a tip off, conducted a clearance operation around Alagarno forest general area and destroyed terrorists camps at Mosa, Ariwuzumari and Kagalmari, as well as Missene, Joba, Yajiwa and Sansan.

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It was learnt that during the operations, the troops were able to clear all the camps, killing quite a number of terrorists and recovered Boko Haram terrorists flags hoisted on some premises, destroyed their logistics base and recovered 31 motorcycles, assorted foodstuffs, a donkey and a pick up van, AK-45 rifle with registration number 17714 and a Dane gun.

Director Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, said other items recovered from the sects include two boxes of 7.62mm ammunition, four loaded magazines of AK-47 rifles and two magazines