The Deputy Director of Public Relations, Theatre
Command Operation Lafiya Dole, Colonel Onyema
Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement on
Sunday.
According to him, a combined Special Forces
comprising personnel of the Nigerian Army, Navy
and the Air Force deployed in the ongoing
counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency
operations in northern Borno engaged the
insurgents on Saturday.
The terrorists were armed with two gun trucks, a
vehicle laden with Improvised Explosive Device
(IED) and a suicide bomber, Colonel Nwachukwu
added.
They were said to have met their Waterloo while
fighting to break into the formidable defensive
position of the troops.
Instead of penetrating, the Theatre Command’s
spokesman disclosed that the troops inflicted
“devastating man and equipment casualty†on the
terrorists.
“The gallant troops responded swiftly in a fierce
counter-offensive, unleashing superior and
overwhelming firepower on the terrorists and
neutralised five of them, including a driver and a
gunner firing from a gun truck, a suicide bomber
in a vehicle loaded with IED and two other
terrorists,†Nwachukwu said.
He added that the fierce counterattack by the
soldiers also led to the destruction of a gun truck
and one IED-carrying vehicle owned by the
insurgents.
The troops also recovered an anti-aircraft gun
and three AK 47 Rifles belonging while they were
in pursuit of some of the terrorists who fled the
scene.
The insurgents were neutralised barely one month
after troops engaged the terrorists in a fierce
battle I Baga, an incident which led to the loss of
lives on both sides.
Source:
www.channelstv.com/2019/01/20/troops-
kill-five-insurgents-in-fresh-baga-encounter/
