Nigeria deploys hi-tech clearing equipment in restive northeast

The Nigerian Army had deployed its newly acquired hi-tech mine clearing equipment in the ongoing military operation against Boko Haram in the restive northeast region, an official said.

Army spokesman, Col. Sani Usman, in a statement to update the media on the counter-insurgency, said other supporting weapons and ammunition had also been launched in the ongoing operations across the area.

He said the commissioned equipment were the first mine clearing machines in the inventory of the Nigerian Army.

The army spokesman said the introduction of new equipment for the northeast operation had begun to yield results.

Usman disclosed that Nigerian troops in joint operation with their Cameroonian counterparts had destroyed many of the insurgents hideout around Bank-Kumashe axis of Borno.

He said several suspected insurgents were killed in the particular operation while different kinds of items were recovered.

According to Usman, 150 persons, mainly children, were rescued at Kodo community in Borno by troops in the ongoing offensive against the insurgents. Endit