Troops of the Nigerian Army have recovered a large cache of arms and ammunition from the Boko Haram insurgents in Borno.

Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Usman, said troop recovered the arms and ammunition at a residential area of Bulabulin Ngarna on Friday morning following a tip off from members of the Civilian JTF.

Usman said the troops recovered “three sealed boxes of 7.62mm (NATO) ammunition, three jerry cans containing various calibres of ammunition, two sacks containing 5,998 rounds of 7.62mm (NATO) ammunition and 1, 760 rounds of 5.56mm SS109 calibre of ammunitions.”

He said the troops also recovered five empty magazines of AK-47 rifle and a magazine of Fabrique Nationale rifle, commending the members of the Civilian JTF for their display of patriotism in the ongoing campaign against the insurgency in the North East.

Usman urged the members of the public to be security conscious and to report all suspicious persons to the security agencies, stressing there was the possibility that more of such arms and ammunition could be hidden by the insurgents in other parts of the North East.