Troops of 118 Task Force Battalion, 7 Brigade, laid an ambush for Boko
Haram terrorists yesterday, July 14. 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.
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