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Operation Fireball: Army Closes Roads Against Bokoharam Terrorists In Borno/Yobe, Northeast .

From Dauda R PamMaiduguriAttnNewsEditor.

In it’s to effectively launch “Operation Fireball” in Yobe/BORNO axis, the Nigerian Army has closed down four roads
against Boko Haram terrorists in the Northeast, commencing from October 12,2020 between 6am and 3pm,till further notice.
This was disclosed in a statement issued by, Brig.Gen.MLD Saraso and made available to newsmen in MAIDUGURI.
According to the statement, the headquarters of the theatre COMMAND, Operation Lafiya Dole,will conduct an exercise code named , FIREBALL, which neccesitated the closure of all roads surrounding  the Timbuktu triangle comprising of 132 km MAIDUGURI/Ngamdu/Damaturu roads.
Also to be closed are the198km MAIDUGURI/Bunigari/Biu road as well as  187km MAIDUGURI/Damboa/Biu and147km Ngamdu /Goniri/ Damboa roads covering  eight Local Government of BORNO/YOBE states including the  Sambisa forest and adjoining hideouts of Mandara mountains and the lake Chad  region covering 664km of the triangle.
According to security experts yesterday in Maiduguri, the insurgents
have about a dozen crossing points along the four closed roads.

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