The Nigerian Army Troops have overrun Boko Haram terrorists and killed 15 of them in Borno state.
According to NAN, the Army Operations Media Coordinator, Col. Aminu Iliyasu said on Friday in Abuja that the army troops of the 242 Battalion in joint efforts with sector 2 Multinational Joint Task Force and Chadian Defence Forces encountered the terrorists in an ambush at Jigalta Village on Thursday around Marari, about 27 kilometres from Monguno while on a joint clearance operation.
Iliyasu said that an unconfirmed number of terrorists laid ambush with five gun trucks. However, 15 of them were neutralised while a few escaped with gunshot wounds.
“In addition, two gun trucks were destroyed while another two were captured. Also, four Dutshka anti-aircraft guns, 9 AK 47 Rifles and a sizeable cache of ammunition were captured by the gallant troops,” he added.
