Tag: Lafiya Dole
Counterinsurgency: Army confirms killing of officer, six soldiers by airstrike
April 26, 2021 An officer and six soldiers died on Sunday in a counterinsurgency operation in Mainok, Borno State, Nigerian Army authorities have said. Five other soldiers who sustained various degrees of injuries have been evacuated to the military medical facility for treatment. Although they did not specifically explain how the security operatives died, the ...Sabotage: Troops Arrest Suspected Boko Haram Informant In Yobe
April 18, 2021 Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole have arrested a suspected Boko Haram informant in Kamuya, Yobe State. According to a statement issued on Sunday by the Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima, the suspect was identified as Modu Ari. The army spokesman said the informant whose spying activities and that ...2 SOLDIERS KILLED, 3 INJURED AS TROOPS REPEL BOKO HARAM INCURSION INTO DAMASAK, BORNO
April 12, 2021 The Nigerian Army has confirmed the attack by Boko Haram fighters on Damasak town in Borno State. Ground troops, supported by the Air Component of Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD), thwarted the attack by the insurgents, army spokesman Mohammed Yerima said in a statement on Sunday. Damasak came under attack on Saturday by ...Four Soldiers Bag Jail Terms For Torturing Civilian To Death, Lance Corporal Deranked For Assault
Four soldiers were on Tuesday sentenced to jail terms ranging from one to four years for torturing a civilian to death. The erring soldiers are Sani Ishaya, Bidemi Fabiyi, Abdulrasheed Adamu, and Bala Musa. They were sentenced on Tuesday following their arraignment for manslaughter by the Nigerian Army before the 7 Division General Court Marshal, ...Military airstrike destroys new Boko Haram settlement, kills scores in Borno
Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole has destroyed a new Boko Haram settlement at Mana Waji in Borno, killing scores of the terrorists in massive air interdiction missions on Friday. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, in a statement on Saturday, said the air interdiction missions were conducted after series of surveillance ...Late Col. Bako always led from the front, was a patriotic Nigerian – Army
The Nigerian Army says late Col DC Bako always led from the front and was a patriotic Nigerian, who led a patrol to clear Boko Haram Terrorists from Sabon Gari-Wajiroko axis near Damboa. This was contained in a communique late Monday. According to the newsletter signed by an army spokesman, Colonel Ado Isa, the fallen ...Troops bomb, kill scores of terrorists in Sambisa Forest
The Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has neutralized scores of terrorists and destroyed their hideouts and logistics structures at Tumbuma Baba and Boboshe in Borno, the Defence Headquarters says. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Enenche said the air strikes were ...Consider reintegration, de-radicalisation, employment of repentant Boko Haram members – Buratai urges Gov Zulum
Gov. Zulum The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai has urged the Borno government to take into consideration the reintegration, de-radicalisation and employment of repentant members of the Boko Haram sect as the nation heads towards the final phase of the war against insurgency and terrorism. The COAS made the call when the governor ...Soldier goes berserk, kills 4 colleagues, commits suicide
A Corporal of the Nigerian Army serving at the Theatre Command Operation LAFIYA DOLE, Army Super Camp 15, located at Malam Fatori went berserk in early hours of 26 February 2020 and opened fire, killing 4 of his colleagues before shooting himself. According to a statement by Sagir Musa, Colonel Acting Director of Army Public ...ISWAP kills 2 Soldiers, 1 Policeman, threatens army in new video
A new video dated December 8, showing the execution of two Nigerian soldiers and a policeman has emerged online. In the video, the killing was carried out by masked men believed to be members of the Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP). Those who were killed were reportedly abducted at a fake checkpoint in ...
