Boko Haram: Troops uncover bomb making factory in Sambisa [PHOTOS]

Troops of operation Deep Punch, supported by the Nigerian Air Force,
on Tuesday continued their raid on Camp Zairo in Sambisa Forest.

They carried out an offensive against Boko Haram terrorists defending
a major Improvised Explosive Device (IED) making factory.

Colonel Onyema Nwachukwu, Deputy Director Public Relations, Theatre
Command, Operation LAFIYA DOLE, in a statement said troops
successfully engaged the insurgents, demobilized their vehicle borne
IED, neutralized a number of the terrorists and captured a bomb making
factory.

The troops also recovered 88 Gas Cylinders, 1 Laptop computer, one
100m Ultra High Frequency Hand-held Radio (UHF HH Radio), 1 Motorola
GP 180, Theodolite and 2 Global Positioning Systems (GPS).

They further destroyed 22 Motorcycles, 18 Bicycles and provisions store.

"It is gratifying to note that buoyed by these unprecedented success,
troops morale remain high and are unrelenting in ensuring the imminent
and total clearance of the remaini

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