Army Recovers Corpses of Missing Soldiers

By Dipo Olowookere

The remains of some missing soldiers have been found in the forest by troops of the Operation LAFIYA DOLE.

It was gathered that the troops recovered corpses of one officer and 15 soldiers earlier declared Missing in Action during their dislodgment from GASHIGAR on October 16, 2016.

The corpses were recovered along Kamadugou River line.

Among the recovered corpses was that of Lt Col K Yusuf, the former Commanding Officer of 223 Tank Battalion.

They have since been buried in Maimalari Cantonment Cemetery with full military honours.

However, the Major General Leo Irabor-led Operation LAFIYA DOLE has continued exploitation and mop-up operations against fleeing Boko Haram Terrorists.

It was further gathered that on January 7, 2017 at about 4:25pm, following reports of Boko Haram members attempting to regroup, troops embarked on clearance operation and established contact with the terrorists at WULGE village.

Fire fight ensued which resulted to the death of the group’s members, while nine others were captured.

However, one soldier was wounded in action.

The captured insurgents are undergoing interrogation.

Also on January 9, 2017 at about 6:30am, troops deployed between BANKI and DAREL JAMEL conducted clearance patrol towards Boko Haram members crossing site and encountered the insurgents at about 7:15am.

The insurgents fled on sighting own troops approaching and abandoned Honda motor cycle and six jerry cans of 25 litres each containing AGO.