School's Chemistry lab converted to Explosives making factory by Boko Haram- Army

Troops of  the Nigerian Army.

Col. Sani Kukasheka, Acting Director, Army Public Relations, said troops of 7 Div. Nigerian Army have mopped up Dikwa and environs of Boko Haram terrorists.

Kukasheka, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja, said the troops recovered four Toyota Hilux vehicles.

He said that they also discovered that the terrorists had converted the abandoned Chemistry laboratory of Dikwa College of Education into an Improvised Explosives Devices making factory.

"Some of the equipment recovered from the laboratory include a welding machine and mine detector.

"The gallant troops are in a very high spirit and more determined to further pursue the fleeing terrorists to all known enclaves and sanctuaries,’’ he said. (NAN)