Boko Haram Terrorists Out Of Arms, Ammunitions -- DHQ

AS troops continued their mop operations to rid the Sambisa Forest of
the remaining Boko Haram terrorists in the forest, the insurgents are
said to have run out of arms and ammunitions, an escapee and military
sources have revealed.

This is even as the Director Defence Information, Major General Chris
Olukolade confirmed to newsmen in Abuja that ground troops with
support from air strikes have stormed the forest, smoking the
terrorists out of their hideouts.

Although, Olukolade did not disclose whether the troops have succeeded
in killing or destroying terrorists' camps in the ongoing raid which
began yesterday, an escapee from Tabe village in Damboa Local
Government Area said "the Boko Haram terrorists have run out of arms
and ammunitions as the military have intensified attacks on Sambiza
Forest".

"You can find more than 500 of the insurgents with only few of them
having rifles and even when one or two of them have rifles, they have
no ammunitions. It is just like somebody holding a stick..., as they
have run out of ammunitions, because the usual supplies they get are
not forthcoming.

"I am optimistic that the military will succeed by killing many of
these sect members who have been terrorising residents in the past
three years from the forest," he stated.

According to him, "the Boko Haram terrorists have only bow and arrows,
matchetes, daggers and other local weapons, as they have run out of
arms and ammunitions and were roaming about in the bushes of the
villages along the fringes of the Sambiza forest."

Another resident of Yamtake village toldVanguardthat, " As a result of
the recent aerial bombardment on the Sambiza Forest, many of the sect
members including their commanders have fled into the nearby bushes in
Yamtake.
--Vanguard