The Director of Defence Information spokesperson Major General Chris Olakolade said today that another group of 20 women and children were rescued from Sambisa forest on Friday.
In a statement he said 10 soldiers were wounded and one died due to land mine explosion.
”Despite continuous encounter with large number of land mines which still litter the Sambisa forest, troops have forged ahead with the ongoing offensive operations as scores of the terrorists died in the assault on their bases on Friday,’’
”A total of 20 women and children were rescued at the end of the Friday operation.They have all been airlifted out of the forest.
”The wounded soldiers have also been moved out for necessary treatment.
”Two major ammunition dumps maintained by the terrorists in the forest were also destroyed, along with the four additional terrorists camps that were smashed in the operation of Friday,’’the defence spokesman said.
He added that 10 vehicles,70 motorcycles and 15 tricycle was destroyed during the operation while air and artillery bombardment against identified camps of the terrorist at the sambisa forest continues.
Olukolade also said that a cordon-and-search operation around Bitta, Borno, had been intensified following an incident where two young boys were wounded after picking up a grenade from a refuse dump.
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