Troops of 119 Task Force Battalion,8 Division Nigeria Army,deployed at Kangarwa,Kukawa Local Government Area off Northern Borno State,have yesterday neutralized 13 Boko Haram terrorists in a counter attack carried out by the troops.Unfortunately,1 soldier paid the supreme price during the encounter,while 3 soldiers were wounded in action.The offensive which began at about 4:00pm and lasted for roughly four hours,necessitated the troops calling for air support to which the Nigerian Air Force {NAF} promptly responded by dispatching an Intelligence Surveillance and reconnaissance {ISR} aircraft and a Ground Attack Fighter Aircraft insupport of the ground offensive.The fierce counter also saw some insurgents fleeing with gunshots wounds and abandoningg logistic and weapons.The troops also neutralized 2 Hilux vehicles belonging to the insurgents and recovered the following; a Hilux vehicle,1 Browning Machine Gun {BMG},1 Ant Aircraft Gun {AAG},2 General Purpose Machine Guns {GPMG},1 Light Machine Gun {LMG},2 Rocket Propelled Guns seven {RPG 7} tubes and bombs,5 AK-47 Rifles and 550 Rounds of Anti-Aircraft Gun ammunition.
Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman
Acting Director Army Public Relations.
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