Troops of 152 Task Force Battalion in conjunction with the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai, OPHK have killed 12 Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP fighters while attempting to infiltrate the Forward Operational Base at Bula Yobe in Borno State, North-East Nigeria.
A statement by the spokesperson, Brigadier-General Onyema Nwachukwu, said the terrorists, who came mounted on gun trucks and several motorcycles attacked the location via an unsuspected crossing point but were met with a heavy volume of fire from the vigilant troops. The ground troops engaged the terrorists, subsequently forcing them to retreat, having lost initiative.
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The troops sustained the firefight and successfully killed 12 terrorists, with several others fleeing with gunshot wounds. The troops gallantly captured one Gun Truck, one Self Propelled Gun-9, one Dushika Gun and one mounted QJC Machine Gun. Other items captured are one Light Machine Gun and 5 AK-47 rifles.
Sadly, during the encounter 2 soldiers paid the supreme sacrifice, while 5 others sustained varying degrees of injury and have been evacuated by the Air Component of OPHK to a medical facility, where they are currently receiving medical attention.
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)
