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Nigerian Troops Eliminate Terrorists in Mafa-Baga
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Troops of 112 Task Force Battalion conducting clearance
operation in the general area of Zaza, Kajeri Maye, and Kajeri Mai
Burem villages of Mafa Local Government Area of Borno state have
killed two Boko Haram terrorists in an encounter that ensued on
Saturday 19 January 2018. The terrorists who had infiltrated Kajeri
Maye village to unleash mayhem on the communities ran out of luck,
as the vigilant troops projected their clearance operation to the
village and fiercely engaged the terrorists in combat, killing two
of them. During the operation, the gallant troops rescued two women
who had been held hostage by the terrorists and have since handed
them over to officials of Mafa Internally Displaced Persons
Camp.
The troops also recovered one primed 36 Hand Grenade, 2 Dane
Guns,1 Locally fabricated short barrel gun, 2 Mobile phones,1 Ak 47
rifle magazine,17 rounds of Anti Aircraft gun ammunition, 27 rounds
of 7.62 mm special ammunition and 22 rounds of 7.62 mm NATO
ammunition.
Curently, the troops are on the trail of those Boko Haram
elements who escaped the onslaught, as they continue with the
clearance operations to seek out and destroy any existing
terrorists’ camp in the general area.
Meanwhile in another development, combined Special Forces troops
of the Nigerian Army, Navy and the Air Force operating under the
auspices of Operation LAfiYA DOLE in the ongoing counter terrorism
and counter insurgency operations in northern Borno have inflicted
devastating man and equipment casualty on Boko Haram terrorists in
a fresh encounter with the dissidents in the late hours of Saturday
19 January 2018.
The terrorists, armed with two Gun trucks, a vehicle laden with
Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and a suicide bomber met their
water loo while frantically fighting to break into the formidable
defensive position of the troops. The gallant troops responded
swiftly in a fierce counter offensive, unleashing superior and
overwhelming firepower on the terrorists and neutralizied five of
them, including a driver and a gunner firing from a gun truck, a
suicide bomber in a vehicle loaded with IED and two other
terrorists.
In the ferrocious counter attack, the valiant troops destroyed
one Gun truck ànd one IED – Carrying vehicle. The troops also
recovered one Anti Aircraft Gun and three AK 47 Rifles belonging to
the terrorists. The troops are relentless and in high morale as
they continue in hot pursuit of some of the terrorists who fled the
scene of the encounter when they were overpowered by the
troops.
It will be recalled, that only recently, the special forces
troops resolutely dealt a deadly blow on the terrorists in a battle
in which the terrorists attempted to contest the control over Baga
town with the Special Forces troops.
ONYEMA NWACHUKWU
Colonel
Deputy Director Public Relations
Theatre Command Operation LAFIYA DOLE