A fighting patrol team of 33 Brigade Nigerian Army following a tip off
Friday had contact with suspected kidnappers at Lame Burra forest near
Dutsen Ganye, Gunduru and Kati Layin villages, Bauchi State. During a
heavy exchange of fire, the troops killed 7 of the kidnappers and
destroyed their camps. They also recovered 2 AK-47 rifles and 3 Dane
guns at the camp. The troops are still combing the general area to
further track down other fleeing members of the criminal gang.
It is important to state that the Brigade after the
initial successes of its Operation FOREST KUNAMA, which was aimed at
clearing all livestock rustlers and armed bandits camps in Bauchi and
Gombe States general area, the Chief of Army Staff directed them to
maintain continued presence at the Lame-Burra forest.
This is to prevent the criminal elements that fled from returning.
Subsequently, 2 Forward Operation Bases (FOBs) were established at Lame
and Jimi to cover the Lame and Burra axis of the forest respectively.
Troops usually carry out periodic fighting patrols into the forest from
the FOBs
.In a related development, troops on Operation LAFIYA DOLE deployed at
Forward Operation Base (FOB), Buratai in conjunction with local
vigilante arrested a suspected Boko Haram terrorist named Adamu Damuna.
He is currently being interrogated.
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