Troops gun down 11 insurgents in Borno ambush

The Nigeria army says its troops have killed 11 Boko Karam insurgents in an ambush in Borno state.

Sani Usman, army spokesman, disclosed this in a statement, saying a soldier was killed in an encounter with the insurgents, while a few other soldiers sustained wounds.

“The troops of 202 battalion of 21 brigade in Operation Lafiya Dole have ambushed Boko Haram elements in which they killed 3 and arrested one of the terrorists at Sabsawa-Boarding road and BOCOBS-Ngurusoye road on between 1-2nd June 2016,” he said.

“The captured Boko Haram terrorist, Umar Mustapha, who claimed to have come from Sabsawa,   has been handed over to the brigade headquarters for further interrogation and processing.

“The troops have continued with their clearance operations of the remnants of Boko Haram terrorists within the Sambisa forest.

“In a related development, earlier this morning, troops of 112 battalion on patrol from Mafa to Dikwa were ambushed  at Ajiri village, by Boko Haram terrorists.

“Although they successfully cleared the ambush, one soldier died in the process, an officer and three soldiers sustained various degrees of injury. One of the civilian JTF accompanying the patrol team was also injured.

“The team killed eight Boko Haram terrorists and recovered arms and ammunitions at the ambush site. The recovered items include, one rocket propelled grenade (RPG),  AK-47 Rifles, two rocket propelled grenade bomb, three AK-47 rifle magazine and 120 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition.

“The troops also discovered three improvised explosive devices (IEDs) concealed by the edge of the road which were safely detonated by the explosive ordnance device  (EOD) team.

“The body of the late soldier and the injured have since been evacuated to seventh division medical services and hospital, Maiduguri.”