BEVERLY HILLS, March 07, (THEWILL) – Two more Local Government Areas, Mafa and Marte, in Borno State, have been freed by the courageous troops of the Nigerian Army from Boko HaraThe acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col, Sani Usman, who disclosed this, Saturday, in a statement, said while Mafa was liberated on Wednesday, the Army recaptured Marte on Friday .
“During these operations, the gallant and courageous troops recovered a large quantity of high calibre arms and ammunitions. including anti-aircraft guns from the insurgents,” he said.
The statement read; “It is significant to note that our troops did not suffer any casualty during these operations.
This days, troops are conducting cordon and search and mopping up operations in the recovered territories, while effort is on going to recover more grounds from the fleeing terrorists.
The capturing of Mafa, Marte LGAs, and the Chadian troops holding forth in Dikwa, the international route from Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Central African Republic is now fully secured.
This positive development, the security of the area has significantly improved. It is hoped that international trade and socio-economic activities would be restored along this corridor.”