The Nigerian Army in conjunction with its Cameroonian counterparts carried out a joint clearance operation to weed out Boko Haram terrorists along the border areas of both countries, like reported by dailypost.ng.

A statement by Army spokesperson, Brig Gen Sani Usman, disclosed that the two days joint operation which was led by Col Dourai and Lt Col Mohaman of the Cameroonian Defence forces had “troops drawn from the Cameroon’s Battalion Rapid Intervention, BRI, and 151 Task Force Battalion of 21 Brigade, Nigerian Army.”

Disclosing that the operation ended yesterday, the statement said troops of the two countries cleared “Siyara, Kote, Sigawa and proceeded to Bulabundibe, AdeleKe, Tchatike and Lamukura villages” all border areas.

In the course of the operation, Usman said the troops came in contact with “Boko Haram terrorists and neutralized many of them, apprehended two, while many other terrorists escaped with gunshot wounds.”

Usman disclosed that the troops recovered, “an unserviceable Toyota Canter, 7 Dane Guns and 5 Boko Haram terrorists’ flags, 4 vehicle tyres, 2 Motorcycles and vehicle spare parts.”

Addressing the Joint troops, at the conclusion of the clearance operation, the team leader, Col Dourai, stated that the operation was carried out to secure both countries’ borders from the menace of the Boko Haram terrorists.