PHOTO: 71 captives rescued as troops smash Boko Haram camps

kinny men and women. Frail old people and ailing young boys and girls. They were all excited to be free — thanks to troops who subdued two Boko Haram camps in Chuogori and Shantumari, Borno State.

The seizure of the camps was spearheaded by....

troops from 21 Brigade and Nigerian Army Engineers.

In Kashingeri, Wale, Kushingari and other camps, 151 Task Force Battalion troops rescued 71 civilians from the terrorists’ camps.

Amid the success, the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, yesterday listed why the war had been tough.

He said:

• the military’s equipment was not enough;
• some fifth columnists in the military and other security agencies were leaking operational plans to the insurgents; and
• when the insurgency broke out in the Northeast, the military had been overstretched.

The Acting Director of Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Kukasheka Usman, said troops dislodged insurgents from two camps yesterday and rescued 59 from three others.

In a statement last night, Col. Usman said: “As part of efforts to rid Nigeria of Boko Haram terrorists, troops of 21 Brigade and elements of Nigerian Army Engineers yesterday cleared a notorious terrorists’ camp at Chuogori and Shantumari, Borno State.

“During the offensive operations, the fleeing terrorists left underground silos.

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