NIGERIAN ARMY DISCOVERS BOKO HARAM TRAINING CAMP

The Army Colonel added further that the troops of Operation Lafiya Dole deployed at a Forward Operational Base in Benisheikh uncovered Boko Haram training camp located in a hide out in Afa general area on Sunday morning at about 9.30 am, following a tip off that insurgents were being trained in the hideout.

He said, the troops armed with the information immediately mobilised to the area where they conducted a cordon and search operation, revealing that,during the operation, troops encountered elements of Boko Haram insurgents who were withdrawing hastily from the camp.

Nwachukwu added that, in the shootout that ensued, troops killed one of the insurgents and recovered one Dane gun, stating further that troops also rescued one Mallam Abba, who was held hostage in the camp by the insurgents.