The Nigerian army says the remains of two soldiers, who died in a combat with Boko Haram insurgents on Damboa-Biu road in Borno state, have been buried.
Sani Usman, director, army public relations, said this in a statement issued on Thursday.
He revealed that the late soldiers, who died on June 17, were buried in Gombe.
He named them as Auwa Halliru, 11NA/66/10788 and Pte Halilu Aliyu, 15NA/73/0188 of 254 task force battalion.
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Giving an update on clearance operations in the north-east, Usman said a suspected Boko Haram insurgent, Isah Garba, 20, was arrested at Buni Gari in Yobe on Sunday.
The army spokesman said the suspect was under the influence of hard drugs at the time of his arrest.
Usman said the situation initially made preliminary investigation difficult.
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He, however, said that the suspect had since stabilised and had started giving useful information to security personnel.
He also said that while on patrol on the Wajiro-Mallam Kuramti cattle route on Wednesday, troops of the 29 task force brigade discovered an improvised explosive device believed to have been planted by isurgents.
“The EOD team safely removed and detonated it,” he said.
He added that on the same day, troops of the 151 battalion of 21 brigade were ambushed by Boko Haram fighters as they were on patrol to Mayanti village.
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