Jutha Gupah, Maiduguri
Troops of 25 Task Force Brigade, Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have neutralized 23 Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in Damboa Local Council of Borno State.
The terrorists were killed by the Special Forces in a January 23, 2023 failed ambush near a military outpost along Maiduguri-Damboa road.
A counter-insurgency expert, in the Lake Chad region, Zagazola Makama, disclosed yesterday (Tuesday) in Maiduguri that the terrorists met a humiliating defeat when they launched an ambush in Komala village of Sambisa Forest.
According to him, the insurgents were in a convoy of Hilux trucks, Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) and motorcycles to attack the soldiers.
He said that the troops, however, responded with heavy gun fire in killing about two dozen terrorists.
Besides, he added that efforts of the Air Task Force (ATF) the ground troops led to the elimination of the insurgents.
“The terrorists that sustained gunshot wounds, also scampered and fled towards the thick forest of the local council,” he said, adding that the troops also recovered a gun truck, the MRA, as well as three motorcycles for the fleeing terrorists.
He further disclosed that on January 13, the troops killed several terrorists with the destruction of a MRAP when they attacked the troops in the Damboa-Azir axis.
