Boko Haram Military discovers large cache of arms worth N20m
Major General Irabor also said 7 Boko Haram terrorists were killed,
and 4 AK 47 rifles were recovered, when they attacked troops Pulka.
The Nigerian Army has announced the discovery of a large cache of arms belonging to Boko Haram, which they say is worth N20m.
The Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj. Gen. Leo Irabor said the weapons were buried in a make-shift grave.
Irabor said “We
conducted some various scale of operation as well as specific
operations that led to the recovery of arms cache in the village called
Gursum, around Alagarno general area; and there we had a very sterling
discovery of Boko Haram terrorists burying large quantities of
ammunition on the ground.”
“This
operation was in conjunction with the Civilian JTF because they led us
through the routes. We recovered 36 boxes of .50MM which is equivalent
to 12.7mm buried concealed as though it was a grave.
“We
also got 5/20 lethal brief case as well as a mixture of 7.6 mm NATO and
7.62mm special. These ammunitions were all concealed in plastic
containers which we recovered. In addition we got 1/81 NATO tube that
was wrapped in cellophane and buried on the ground.
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