Nigerian troops engages terrorists, eliminate 17 in Borno
The Nigerian Army says troops of ”Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK)” has eliminated 17 Boko Haram/Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in Damasak, Mobbar Local Government Area of Borno.
Maj.-Gen. Christopher Musa, Theatre Commander, Operation Hadin Kai, North East Joint Task Force, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Maiduguri.
The commander said that the unrelenting troops had arrested three other terrorists alive. Musa said that the troops also recovered motorcycles and other assorted weapons from the encounter on Sunday.
Musa said that the troops engaged a large number of the terrorists when they attacked a Forward Operational Base located along with Walada exit gate, in the town at about 0200hours.
He said that the insurgents met with serious resistance and superior firepower of the gallant troops who engaged them in a heavy gun battle that lasted for hours, forcing the insurgents to retreat.
Musa explained that the troops, supported by the Air Component of OPHK mounted a hot pursuit and closed up with the terrorists.
While commending them for the galant feat, he charged them to be more decisive and ensure total destruction of the insurgents.
Damasak, the main town of the Mobbar Local Government Area, is located near the confluence of the Yobe River and Komadugu Gana River, adjoining the border with Niger 34km from Difa in the Niger Republic.
