The Theatre Commander, “Operation Lafiya Dole”, Maj.-Gen. Lucky Irabor, disclosed this at a news conference in Biu on Sunday. He said the arms and ammunition were hidden in bunkers made by the terrorists. The Nigerian military says it has discovered the largest single cache of arms and ammunition dump at the Alagarno forest in the north-east. “Following a tip off, troops of Operation Lafiya Dole, supported by some civilians, 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 included 36 boxes of .51mm calibre, 5 x 20 Lyra beefcake mixture of 7.62mm (NATO) ammunition, large quantity of 7.62mm (special), ammunition, and...
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