Army discovers large cache of stored Boko Haram weapons in Borno
The Nigerian Army yesterday disclosed that it has recovered a large
cache of arms buried at a spot made to look like a graveyard in Borno
state. At a press briefing Biu, Borno state, the theatre Commander of
Operation Lafiya Dole, Leo Irabor, said the cache of high calibre
ammunition, worth over N20 million was discovered by vigilant troops
three days ago.
“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. During the operation, we also discovered one
generator, one Hilux vehicle and several motorcycles .”
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