‘By Musa Umar Bologi Abuja
Troops of 151 Battalion, 21 Brigade Nigerian Army, yesterday laid ambush on suspected Boko Haram terrorists on MiyantiBanki Junction. Army spokesperson, Brig.- Gen. Sani Usman, said in a statement yesterday that the incident happened last week Saturday.
“Th e gallant troops neutralised 12 Boko Haram terrorists and recovered 18 bicycles, 30 bags of fl our, one bag of groundnut, two bags of salt, two baskets of kola nut and fi ve torch lights. Other items recovered a carton of mixed juice sachets, four rolls of brocade material, two packets of sweet, one carton of washing soap, fi ve packets of cold patch, two packets of Maggi cubes two pairs of bathroom slippers, two packets of yeasts, four packets of Vedan, two rolls of sewing thread, four kegs of herbicide, 14 packets of insecticide, one keg of groundnut oil, a bag of pepper and cash sum of N4, 000.00,” he said.
Usman also said troops of 81 Task Force Battalion of 22 Brigade Nigerian Army, same day, while on patrol, cleared Boko Haram terrorists ambush on Dukje-Mada road near Gulumba Gana village. “Th e troops neutralised quite a number of the terrorists’ ambush party and recovered weapons. Unfortunately, two soldiers lost their lives when their vehicle stepped on an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) buried along the road, while 4 others sustained injuries.
Th e remains of the gallant soldiers that paid the supreme price and the wounded have been evacuated to Maiduguri. “On the same day too, troops of 22 Brigade Garrison Nigerian Army on patrol to Abdiri village, Dikwa local government area, Borno state, recovered nine primed cylinders from the terrorists Improvised Explosive Devices making factory at the area. Th ey destroyed the factory along with the materials.”
