Following reliable information about movement of
remnants of suspected Boko Haram terrorists,
troops of 118 Task Force Battalion, 7 Brigade, laid
an ambush for the terrorists today morning.
remnants of suspected Boko Haram terrorists,
troops of 118 Task Force Battalion, 7 Brigade, laid
an ambush for the terrorists today morning.
The troops laid the ambush about 3 kilometres
away from Goneri town, South West of Kukawa
Local Government Area, where they encountered the
unsuspecting terrorists in 2 gun trucks and on
motorcycles and engaged them.
An unconfirmed number of the terrorists escaped
with gun shot wounds abandoning 1 Buffalo Land
Cruiser gun truck mounted with an Anti-Aircraft gun,
1,600 rounds of 12.7mm Armour Piercing
Incendiary (API) ammunitions, 563 rounds of
7.62mm (NATO) ammunition for General Purpose
Machine Guns and 57 rounds of 7.62mm (Special)
ammunition.
The troops further recovered 1 motorcycle, 7 jerry
cans of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) and
Automotive Gasoline Oil (AGO), a pair of Nigerien
Army uniform, 2 Cameroonian telecommunication
service providers SIM cards, as well as a pair of the
Boko Haram terrorists Special Forces uniform.
They also recovered 1 Samsung Galaxy Tablet and
assorted drugs and such as Climax Oxytocin,
Tetracyclic HC1 Ointment, Drips and Springe,
amongst others.
Consolidating on this success, the troops are
further exploiting the situation while troops of 157
Task Force Battalion are blocking likely escape
routes of remnants of the terrorists in Mile 90,
Yoyo, Barwati and Kekeno villages.
Thank you for your usual and kind cooperation.
Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman
Acting Director Army Public Relations
