Troops of 242 Battalion in conjunction with elements of Sector 2 Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) and the Chadian Defence Forces (CDF), on Thursday, killed 15 suspected Boko Haram insurgents at Jigalta Village, 27 kilometres from Monguno in Borno State.
The troops, while on a joint clearance operation, also destroyed two gun trucks and captured two others belonging to the suspected criminals who had laid an ambush at the area ahead of the operation.
According to a statement issued on Friday by the media coordinator, Nigerian Army Operations, Colonel Aminu Iliyasu, the criminals laid an ambush with five gun trucks and unconfirmed number of insurgents.
However, the troops countered the ambush and decimated the criminals, killing 15 of them, while few of them escaped with severe gunshot wounds, even as four Dutshka Anti-Aircraft Guns, nine AK 47 rifles and a sizeable cache of ammunition were captured by the troops.
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“Unfortunately, one soldier paid the supreme sacrifice during the crossfire that ensued while a Chadian soldier was also wounded in action,” the statement added.
Commander Sector 3 Operation LAFIYA DOLE/MNJTF, Major General Abdulmalik Biu, in company of the Commander Sector 2 MNJTF (CDF), Colonel Bokhit Ali, Commander Sector 3 Operation LAFIYA DOLE Artillery Brigade Brigadier General Jamiu Jimoh and Commander 3 Military Intelligence Brigade Colonel Abubakar Mohammed, visited the troops at the location of the encounter.
The statement noted that Major General Biu commended the efforts of the troops and conveyed the Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Tukur Buratai’s appreciation and that of the Force Commander MNJTF Major General Chikezie Ude to the troops.
“Additionally, the Commander Sector 2 MNJTF (CDF) Colonel Bokhit Ali expressed his satisfaction with the collaborative effort and renewed his commitment to fighting the menace of the ISWAP/Boko Haram criminals’ insurgency together,” the statement read.
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