The Nigerian Army has disclosed that its troops in the country’s North East region have cleared more Improvised Explosive Devices, IEDs, planted by fleeing Boko Haram terrorists on some routes in Borno and Yobe states.The Nigerian Army Operations Media Coordinator, Col. Aminu Iliyasu, in a statement on Saturday in Abuja, said that troops of 27 Task Force Brigade Garrison and Explosive Ordnance Devices, EOD, Team safely detonated three large IEDs on the Buni Gari-Kamuya Road, linking Borno and Yobe States.
He said that the troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE also raided a Boko Haram camp at Kerenoa, Marte Local Government Area of Borno .
According to him, the visibly shocked insurgents fled their hideout on sighting the robust advancing troops, abandoning one General Purpose Machine Gun, GPMG, as they fled.
The group has caused many havocs with IEDs.
