Wanted Boko Haram Terrorist Capture Inside Sambisa Forest By Troops

  

The army yesterday announced the arrest of a wanted Boko Haram leader, Sulaiman Umaru deep inside the Sambisa forest.

The acting Director Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Usman, said Umaru was arrested at about 1.35pm on Friday by troops from the 143 Battalion.Umaru is one of the 100 Boko Haram terrorists whose photographs are displayed in a poster launched a few months back.

Usman said troops of 21 Brigade and Armed Forces Special Forces (AFSF) on Operation Crackdown inside Sambisa forest while on harbour for refitting came under Boko Haram militants attack at about 1.45am yesterday.The troops however repelled the attack and followed up with mopping up operations of the general area before advancing Unfortunately five soldiers were wounded in action (WIA), as a result of mortar fired into the harbour area by the Boko Haram terrorists. The wounded soldiers have been evacuated to the rear for treatment.”