Troops of 118 Task Force Battalion, 7 Brigade, laid an
ambush for Boko Haram terrorists yesterday, July 14. The
troops laid the ambush about 3 kilometres away from Goneri
town, South West of Kukawa Local Government Area, where
they encountered the unsuspecting terrorists in 2 gun trucks
An unconfirmed number of the terrorists escaped with gun
shot wounds abandoning 1 Buffalo Land Cruiser gun truck
mounted with an Anti-Aircraft gun, 1,600 rounds of 12.7mm
Armour Piercing Incendiary (API) ammunitions, 563 rounds of
7.62mm (NATO) ammunition for General Purpose Machine
Guns and 57 rounds of 7.62mm (Special) ammunition.
The troops further recovered 1 motorcycle, 7 jerry cans of
Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) and Automotive Gasoline Oil
(AGO), a pair of Nigerien Army uniform, 2 Cameroonian
telecommunication service providers SIM cards, as well as a
pair of the Boko Haram terrorists Special Forces uniform.
They also recovered 1 Samsung Galaxy Tablet and assorted
drugs and such as Climax Oxytocin, Tetracyclic HC1
Ointment, Drips and Springe, amongst others.
Consolidating on this success, the troops are further
exploiting the situation while troops of 157 Task Force
Battalion are blocking likely escape routes of remnants of the
terrorists in Mile 90, Yoyo, Barwati and Kekeno villages.
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