Troops of 81 Battalion and 251
Task Force Battalion of 25 Task Force Brigade on Wednesday engaged in hot
pursuit of remnants of Boko Haram terrorists in Kumala.
According to Colonel Sani
Kukasheka Usman, the Acting Director Army Public Relations, “This followed an
earlier incident, in which suspected Boko Haram terrorists ambushed fighting
patrol elements of 25 Task Force Brigade. After clearing the ambush, the troops
exploited further off Damboa road from Kumala.”
He added that “During the
pursuit, the troops traced the axis of withdrawal of the terrorists and
discovered that the terrorists’ vehicle mounted with an Anti-Aircraft Gun
tasted a bit of the Boko Haram terrorists’ evil intents as it ran into an
Improvised Explosive Device (IED) buried by them.
“The vehicle was shredded into
pieces by the IED while 2 of the Boko Haram terrorists died in the process. The
troops recovered 1 General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG), 2 AK-47 Assault Rifles
as well as one Boko Haram terrorists’ flag, 6 primed IEDs, Anti-Aircraft Gun
links and rounds of ammunition. Other recoveries include 43 rounds of 7.62mm
(NATO) ammunition and a mobile telephone handset.
“By this incident of the
terrorists’ group falling victims of its evil plans against the troops, the
wrath of God has been aroused by the retributive justice against the devilish
Boko Haram terrorists.”
