PHOTOS: The Army Clear Gwoza-Yamteke Road Of Mines

The army has released photos showing its officers removing mines and improvised explosive devises (IEDs) planted along the highway between Gwoza and Yamteke in Borno state. Colonel Tukur Ismail Gusau in a statement said that the Nigerian army continues its mission to clear all the roads in the North East of mines and IEDs planted by Boko Haram terrorists. Troops of the 7th Division of the Nigerian army during clearance and linking up operations have successfully recovered 5 IEDs planted on the road linking Gwoza-Yamteke road.
“The explosives have since been defused and destroyed by the team of Nigerian Army Engineers. Similarly, the troops conducting clearance operations in Dikwa area following routing out of terrorists in the area couple of days ago, discovered a hideout in which weapons and equipment suspected to be used by the Boko Haram terrorists for construction of IEDs were hidden.
“These includes 5 Drilling Machines, 1 Filing Machine, 2 Cutting Machine, 1 Disc Filing Machine, 52 Compact Discs, 9 Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPG) 7 Charges, 1 105mm Pack Howitzer, 1 BMG Tripod stand and 1 Cutting and Drilling Machine. It is instructive that the troops are more than ever ready to ensure that the Boko Haram Terrorists are flushed out, and peace is restored by all means,” the statement says.

See the results of the operation below:



















Photo credit – 7 Division, Nigerian Army.