The Nigerian Army on Thursday said, a misguided attempt by some criminal Boko Haram elements to attack the troops of 25 Task Force Brigades (Army Super Camp 2) located in Damboa LGA of Borno State has met a crushing defeat in the hands of the resilient troops.<\/p>\n
A statement from Colonel Aminu Iliyasu, Nigerian Army Operations Media Coordinator said, the marauding criminals mounted on gun trucks and with a number of their foot soldiers attempted to infiltrate the troops\u2019 location from three different fronts in the early hours of 4 March, 2020.<\/p>\n
The troops responded swiftly, bringing to bear superior firepower against the criminals in conjunction with the Air Task Force of Operation LAFIYA DOLE.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe encounter which lasted over an hour witnessed one of the most debilitating defeats of the Boko Haram criminals in a single encounter since the turn of the year.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo far, 19 Boko Haram criminals\u2019 corpses have been recovered while many more were observed escaping with various degrees of gunshot wounds by the troops who are on vigorous exploitation of their initial success along the criminals\u2019 withdrawal route.<\/p>\n
\u201d Interestingly, the gallant troops captured from the Boko Haram criminals 5 AK 47 Rifles, one General Purpose Machine Gun and one Rocket Propelled Gun tube. Regrettably, 3 valiant soldiers paid the supreme prize while 4 others were wounded in action.<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever, the wounded in action soldiers have been evacuated to a military medical facility for immediate and effective management.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo this end, the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai, hereby congratulates the troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE for their decisive victory against the enemies of our country.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe further urges them to remain steadfast, loyal and resolute in the discharge of their professional responsibilities.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe also reassures the residents of Damboa and indeed the North East at large of the unflinching resolve of troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE in protecting the lives and properties of all law \u2013 abiding citizens.\u201d The statement said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Nigerian Army on Thursday said, a misguided attempt by some criminal Boko Haram elements to attack the troops of 25 Task Force Brigades (Army Super Camp 2) located in Damboa LGA of Borno State has met a crushing defeat in the hands of the resilient troops. A statement from Colonel Aminu Iliyasu, Nigerian Army […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":4878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[45,246],"class_list":["post-22230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-boko-haram","tag-community"],"yoast_head":"\n