The 153 Task Battalion of the Nigerian Army and the Cameroonian Defence Forces deployed in Operation Lafiya Dole have been reported to have killed 10 Boko Haram terrorists at Ngelkona in Ngala Local Government Area of Borno state.
The face-off happened on Saturday 2nd June 2018 at about 11.30 am while the troops were on a clearance patrol along Wulgo – Ngelkona general area.
According to the Deputy Director Public Relations of the Theatre Command Operation of Lafiya Dole, Colonel Onyema Nwachukwu, the terrorists were mounted on Horse back.
The gallants troops overpowered and killed ten Boko Haram insurgents in fierce shoot out and the captured two AK 47 rifles from them.
Other items recovered from the insurgents include one Boko Haram flag, a set of Bow and arrows, two mobile Handsets and one Cameroonian International Passport.
In a separate clearance operation, troops of 82 Task Force Battalion of Operation Lafiya Dole yesterday in a night attack routed fleeing elements of Boko Haram insurgents at Ngoshe in Gwoza Local Government Area.
Colonel Nwachukwu added that the troops killed one Boko Haram insurgent and recovered one AK 47 rifle, 41 rounds of locally fabricated ammunition and four Improvised Explosive Devices(IED) during the attack.
In a long range fighting patrol last Friday, the troops of 27 Task Force Battalion of Operation Lafiya Dole, were said to have conducted a raid operation on Boko Haram camp in Yaridiri forest in Geidam Local Government Area of Yobe state. In the encounter with the insurgents during the raid, the superior fire power of the troops forced the insurgents to flee in disarray with gunshot wounds, abandoning a huge sum of money and several other items.
The same statement claimed that they recovered three AK 47 rifle magazines, 21 rounds of 7.62 mm (Special) ammunition, a motorcycle, two mobile handsets, the sum of Two million, Two Hundred and Eight Thousand Naira (#2, 208,000.00) from the hideout before destroying the terrorists’
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