In one of its operations across the region, troops of 26 Task Force Brigade embarked on a clearance patrol to Dalu Village within the Mandara Mountains in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State.
According to an army statement, the operation follows some credible intelligence reports on the presence of criminal insurgents within that area.
On confirming the reports, troops soon established contact with the marauding terrorists and effectively subdued them with their superior firepower during the ensuing fire fight.
Subsequently the troops proceeded to thoroughly clear the Village of the presence of the criminal insurgents.
The army notes that the clearance operation yielded good dividends as the troops found and rescued an octogenarian, three women and four children hitherto held captives by the criminal insurgents.
The rescued victims were promptly evacuated and children among them were equally administered with Polio Vaccination by a Nigerian Army medical team.
Army Spokesman, AMINU ILIYASU stated that no causality was recorded by own troops during the commando operations.
He, however, adds that many of the Boko Haram criminal elements were observed to have fled in disarray towards the summit of the Mandara Mountains with gunshot wounds.
