Troops of 26 and 28 Task Force Brigades say they have “repelled an early-morning daring attack by fleeing Boko Haram terrorists on military locations at Pulka and Bitta on the fringes of Sambisa forest”.
According to Sani Usman, a colonel and acting director of army Public Relations who confirmed the development in a statement on Friday, many of the insurgents “paid for their atrocities”.
“Today, troops of 114 Task Force Battalion came under three-pronged attack by Boko Haram terrorists fanning out of Sambisa forest from Damboa, Tokumbere and Pulka axis,” he said.
“At the end of the debacle, 2 Boko Haram insurgents paid for their atrocities with their lives while several others sustained gun shot injuries. The fate that befell those that attacked Pulka was more dreadful.”
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Usman praised the “ever-ready and vigilant troops” for rising to the occasion by repelling the attacks and “killing all the 16 attackers and capturing one of them alive during the exploitation”.
“The gallant troops also recovered 11 AK-47 rifles, 3 General Purpose Machine Guns (GPMGs), 1 Browning Machine Gun (BMG) and 2 Toyota Hilux vehicles. Others are a 60mm Mortar tube, 7 boxes of 12.7mm ammunition and 1 belt of 12.7mm ammunition,” he added.
“It is gratifying to state that there were no casualty on our own troops except for three soldiers that sustained minor injuries. The troops remained on maximum alert and are equally busy consolidating and continuing with their clearance operations with high morale.”
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The army’s announcement of its latest onslaught against Boko Haram comes two days after it said Boko Haram insurgents in Iza, a community in Borno state, had “abandoned their camp” as a result of series of air strikes from the Nigerian air force.
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