Troops Kill Eight Boko Haram Insurgents In Fresh Baga Attack


The Nigerian Army on Sunday said its troops had killed eight Boko Haram insurgents in a fresh encounter with the terrorists in Baga, Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno.

Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, in a statement in Maiduguri, disclosed that troops of the Special Forces command on Saturday repelled the insurgents’ attack and inflicted heavy casualty of men and equipment on the terrorists.

Nwachukwu said that the troops successfully neutralized five insurgents in two mounted Gun Trucks, a suicide bomber and two other terrorists on an Improvised Explosive Device (IEDs) borne vehicle.

He said the combined Special Forces troops of the Nigerian Army, Navy and the Air Force operating under the auspices of ‘Operation Lafiya Dole’ inflicted devastating man and equipment casualty on Boko Haram terrorists on Saturday.

“The terrorists; armed with two Gun trucks, a vehicle laden with IED and a suicide bomber, met their waterloo 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, neutralising five of them, including a driver and a gunner firing from a gun truck, “he said.

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