The Nigerian Army, operating under the 118 Task Force
Battalion of the 7th Brigade successfully ambushed and defeated the devilish
Boko Haram terrorists and retrieved high calibre munitions from the insurgents
on Thursday.
According to the Army spokesman, the soldiers successfully
took over one Buffalo Land Cruiser gun truck mounted with an Anti-Aircraft gun,
1,600 rounds of 12.7mm Armour Piercing Incendiary (API) ammunitions, 563 rounds
of 7.62mm (NATO) ammunition for General Purpose Machine Guns and 57 rounds of
7.62mm (Special) ammunition, after a brief shoot out with the outlawed Islamic
group.
According to Col. Sani Kukasheka Usman, most of the
insurgents were taken unaware by the ambush attack and abandoned their vehicles
and logistic supplies and escaped with bullet wounds.
The spokesman’s speech reads:
“Following reliable information about movement of remnants
of suspected Boko Haram terrorists, troops of 118 Task Force Battalion, 7
Brigade, laid an ambush for the terrorists today morning”, he said.
“The troops laid the ambush about 3 kilometres away from
Goneri town, South West of Kukawa Local Government Area, where they encountered
the unsuspecting terrorists in 2 gun trucks and on motorcycles and engaged
them. An unconfirmed number of the terrorists escaped with gun shot wounds abandoning
1 Buffalo Land Cruiser gun truck mounted with an Anti-Aircraft gun, 1,600
rounds of 12.7mm Armour Piercing Incendiary (API) ammunitions, 563 rounds of
7.62mm (NATO) ammunition for General Purpose Machine Guns and 57 rounds of
7.62mm (Special) ammunition.
“The troops further recovered 1 motorcycle, 7 jerry cans of
Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) and Automotive Gasoline Oil (AGO), a pair of
Nigerien Army uniform, 2 Cameroonian telecommunication service providers SIM
cards, as well as a pair of the Boko Haram terrorists Special Forces uniform.
They also recovered 1 Samsung Galaxy Tablet and assorted drugs and such as
Climax Oxytocin, Tetracyclic HC1 Ointment, Drips and Springe, amongst others.
“Consolidating on this success, the troops are further
exploiting the situation while troops of 157 Task Force Battalion are blocking
likely escape routes of remnants of the terrorists in Mile 90, Yoyo, Barwati
and Kekeno villages”.
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