In its continued rampage through Boko Haram infested territories in the North East, Nigerian troops on Sunday night invaded Kukawa Geri, Gujba in Yobe State in its determination to flush out the insurgents from their remaining hideouts. In a simple tweet on Monday, the Nigerian Defence Headquarters said: “Troops are dominating operations in Kukawa, Geri, Gujba in Yobe to rid the terrorists on Sunday.” The troops have maintained the winning ways discovered since the Defence Headquarters asked for a six weeks postponement of the general elections for the military to be able to make every part of the country, especially the North East, safe and conducive for conduct of the polls. Since then, most of the local governments and communities previously occupied by terrorists in most of the affected states have been liberated. PRNigeria gathered from authoritative sources that more than 30 communities have so far been liberated from terrorists. Recently Nigerian troops routed terrorists from Bara, the Headquarters of Gulani Local Government Area of Yobe State and Gulag, the Headquarters of Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa State. Other locations also cleared in the course of the operation include, Shikah, Fikayel, Tetebah, Buza, Kamla and Bumsa. With the massive military operations, the troops have also recovered Monguno, Marte, Gamboru Ngala, Dikwa, Baga among other big towns and communities. Other localities where troops have flushed out the terrorists in the operations preceding the entry to Baga included Gajigana, Ngaze, Ngenzai, Marte Junction, Yoyo, Kekeno, Kukawa, Cross Kauwa, Kangarwa, Amirari. Other cleared communities included Monguno, Gabchari, Abba Jabari, Zuntur, Gajigana, Gajiram, Damakar, Kumaliwa, Bosso Wanti, Jeram and Kabrisungul. Having successfully liberated most of the towns, the troops’ attention has now been focused on consolidation of the security of the areas to pave the way for the return of citizens to their normal life and for the peaceful conducts of the forthcoming elections.
