Troops from 119 task force battalion, 8 division
of the Nigerian Army, deployed at Kangarwa, Kukawa local government area
of Northern Borno State, have yesterday neutralized 13 Boko Haram terrorists in
a counter attack carried out by the troops.
Unfortunately, 1
soldier paid the supreme price during the encounter, while 3 soldiers were
wounded in action.
The offensive which
began at about 4.00pm and lasted for roughly four hours, necessitated the
troops calling for air support to which the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) promptly
responded by dispatching an Intelligence Surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR)
aircraft and a Ground Attack Fighter Aircraft in support of the ground
offensive.
The fierce counter also saw some insurgents fleeing with gunshot wounds and
abandoning logistics and weapons.
The troops also
neutralized 2 Hilux vehicles belonging to the insurgents and recovered the
following; a Hilux vehicle, 1 Browning Machine Gun (BMG), 1 Anti Aircraft Gun
(AAG), 2 General Purpose Machine Guns (GPMG), 1 Light Machine Gun (LMG), 2
Rocket Propelled Guns Seven (RPG 7) tubes and bombs, 5 AK-47 Rifles and 550
Rounds of Anti-Aircraft Gun ammunition.
You are please requested to
disseminate this information to the public through your medium.
Colonel
Sani Kukasheka Usman
acting director, Army public relations
acting director, Army public relations
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