Troops of 81Task Force Battalion in conjunction with Civilian Joint Task Force and Vigilante have killed more Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in Dikwa axis, Borno State.
Confirming the report, Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima , said the sustained onslaught on Boko Haram terrorists and their ISWAP ilk by the Nigerian Army had continued to gain traction.
Yerima said the troops on patrol came in contact with terrorists mounted on motor cycles and a guntruck, swiftly engaged them in a fierce firefight, killing six of them and recovered several weapons, ammunition and sundry items.
He said one PKM, two AK 47 rifles, one FN rifle, three FN rifle magazines, two AK 47 rifle magazines, 36 rounds of 7.62mm NATO,19 rounds of 7.62mm special and 67 PKM linked rounds, two motor cycles, one magazine pouch, two mobile handsets and a tube of adhesive solution were recovered during the encounter.
Yerima also said troops of Bravo Company while on similar routine perimeter patrol on the same 15 March, recovered a mobile handset phone suspected to have been abandoned by the fleeing members of the terrorists who came under troops heavy fire during the attempt to infiltrate the camp on 14 March, 2021.
He said the handset had been handed over to 7 Military Intelligence Brigade for scrutiny.
Yerima also stated that in line with the directive of Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Ibrahim Attahiru, troops will remain resolute and determined to ensure that the general area is completely cleared and protected while aggressively dominating every route where terrorists are suspected to move around in order to smoke them out.
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