after the sect group made a f utile attempt on 120 Task Force Battalion troops
located at Goniri, Yobe State yesterday morning. A statement from the
Nigerian Army's acting director Public relations, Col. Sani Usman, states that
one officer and 8 soldiers were injured during the attack.
Weapons recovered from the sect members include 1 General Purpose
Machine Gun, 2 Rocket Propelled Grenades, 9 AK-47 rifles and Belted rounds
of 7.62 (NATO) ammunitions. Others were various wires used for Improvised
Explosive Devices (IEDs), 7 Primed IEDs, different types of Spanners and a
Torch Light.
In a related development, troops of 21 Brigade on fighting patrol from Bama to
Ngurosoye, destroyed Boko Haram terrorists camps along that axis. While on
patrol, the brave soldiers came across some of the terrorists hideouts that
also served as fabricating area for IEDs and the terrorists' training area.
Another patrol along Bama-Kawuri axis discovered and exhumed IEDs and
wires for detonation.
