Troops ambush terrorists in Borno

By Musa Umar Bologi Abuja

Troops of Operation Lafi ya Dole deployed at Forward Operation Base Mainok, at the early hours of yesterday laid ambush to suspected Boko Haram terrorists ferrying logistics items to their colleagues along a track route leading to Alagarno forest. Army spokesperson, Brig.- Gen. Sani Kukasheka Usman, said in a statement that the ambush team neutralised two Boko Haram terrorists and recovered their weapons, two motorcycles, jerry cans and grounded guinea corn.

“Similarly, troops of 151 Battalion, 21 Brigade Nigerian Army, on routine clearing of bushes to aid unhindered movement of troops discovered multiple Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), connected together laid on the shoulder of the road at a suspected terrorist ambush site along road Banki Junction-Bama. Th e troops successfully disconnected and recovered them,” he said

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