Troops kill nine Boko Haram members in surprise attack

The troops of the Nigerian Army have killed
nine members of the Boko Haram insurgents in
a surprise attack at Tatakura, Wubi, in Borno
State.

The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col.
Sani Usman, said in a statement on Sunday that
the insurgents were planning to carry out attacks
at Wunbi in Kala Balge Local Government Area
of the state when the troops staged the
preventive action.

He said that the troops of the 3 Battalion, 22
Brigade, had an encounter with the insurgents
while they were on patrol to foil the planned
attack after receiving intelligence report on the
plot.

Usman said that six soldiers who received
gunshot wounds during the operation had been
evacuated from the battle front for urgent
medical attention and were in stable condition.

According to hm, the troops ‘captured three
AK-47 rifles, one Fabrique Nationale rifle, one
General Purpose Machine Gun, a 60mm Mortar
Tube, one Rocket Propelled Grenade 7 Tube,
one G3-Machine Gun and seven Fabrique

Nationale Magazines’ from the insurgents.
Other recovered items from the insurgents
“included 108 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition,
one Energa grenade, an RPG 7 bomb as well as
three 60mm mortar bombs and two motor
cycles.”

Usman said in another statement that the
troops also destroyed a secret Boko Haram
factory for Improvised Explosive Devices at
Ngala.

He said that the troops who located the factory
through intelligence they received from
concerned Nigerians also killed a number of the
insurgents.

He said that the soldiers recovered ’20 gas
cylinders of various sizes prepared and ready
for explosive insertion, primers, gun powder,
electric wires and tape recorders, amongst
other items’ from the insurgents.