[NIGERIANEYE] Investigations on Tuesday revealed that the Special Forces, comprising ground troops and the Air Force fighters, had demobilized one of the strongest fortresses of the Boko Haram... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...
sect.
| Well done, gentlemen! |
A source put the number of vehicles captured from the Death Eaters at 700 while several members of the sect were enjugged
Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up!
The front man of the 7th Division, Col. Mohammed Dole, referred our correspondent to the Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen Chris Olukolade, for comments on the issue.
Olukolade, who confirmed the capture of the Boko Haram camp, said that several turbans who were maimed in the military raids were arrested and had made useful confessions.
The Director of Defence Information said in an electronic mail on Tuesday that some of the maimed turbans who were captured near Lake Chad were pleading for mercy and were cooperating with interrogators from the Multi-National Joint Task Force.
Olukolade said that some of the Death Eaters were captured by troops around Dikwa, Cross Kauwa, Kukawa and Alargarmo.
He said that the captives revealed during interrogation that some of the camps were disbanded as the sect could no longer sustain the operation.
"In their confessions, it was revealed that some of the camps have been disbanded following the directive of their holy mans who declared that the operation of the sect had come to an end as the mission could no longer be sustained.
"The captured terrorists, who are giving useful information as to the locations of their remnant forces, are full of apologies and pleas for their lives to be spared promising to cooperate," the statement reads in part.
Olukolade said that the captured Death Eaters complained of starvation and the frequency of bombardments as some of the major problems which affected them.
The Defence front man warned members of the public to stay away from the area, saying troops were still continuing with the operation in the three states.
"They confirmed that starvation was a major problem in addition to ceaseless bombardments on the camp locations even when they kept relocating. They also confirm that several members of the group have been maimed and no treatment was forthcoming. Troops have continued their assault on other locations across the states covered by the state of emergency.
"Meanwhile,
...back at the revival hall, the pastor had finally been wrestled from the pulpit.
Y'got the wrong guy!he yelled just before Sergeant Malone's billy club landed...
members of the public who have started visiting to engage in sight-seeing in some dislodged camps and fringes of forests such as Sambisa and others have been warned to desist from doing so as the tendency will no more be condoned where operations are still ongoing.
"The general area still remains a theatre and movement remains restricted as the environment has to be cleared for safety of citizens. The public will be informed when the locations are safe enough."
It was learnt that the seized vehicles included those that the Death Eaters used for attacks and other vehicles they snatched from people.
Military sources said that the camp was well planned with boreholes, dispensary and other facilities to aid the operations of the bully boys.