Troops discover largest single arms cache in north-east

The Nigerian military has discovered Boko Haram’s largest single cache of arms and ammunition dump at the Alagarno forest in the North East. The Theatre Commander, “Operation Lafiya Dole”, Maj.-Gen. Lucky Irabor, said the arms and ammunition were hidden in bunkers made by the terrorists in the forest.

“Following a tip off, troops of “Operation Lafiya Dole’’, supported by some Civilian JTF today went on a clearance patrol to Borgozo-Alargano general area in which they discovered large cache of arms and ammunitions at Gursum village.“The patrol team also cleared remnants of the Boko Haram terrorists that were dislodged from the Alagarno forest and were hibernating at Kadari, Camp Abu Fatima, and Gursum.

“The troops discovered a large cache of arms and ammunitions that include 36 boxes of .51mm calibre, 5 x 20 Lyra beefcake mixture of 7.62mm (NATO) ammunition, large quantity of 7.62mm (special), ammunition, and one 81mm mortar tube.“In addition, the troops recovered one Toyota Hilux, one generator and several motorcycles.