Troops of 119 Task Force Battalion, 8
Division Nigerian Army, deployed at
Kangarwa, Kukawa Local Government Area of
Northern Borno State, on Monday, 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 in support of the ground offensive.
The fierce counter also saw some insurgents
fleeing with gunshot wounds and
abandoning logistics 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 Anti 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.
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