Troops of 119 Task Force Battalion, 8 Division 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 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.
Thank you for your usual cooperation.
Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman
Acting Director Army Public Relations
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