BEVERLY HILLS, December 30, (THEWIL) – At least 15 members of the Boko Haram sect have been killed in an attempt by the insurgents to invade Rann, a small community in Borno State, in a dawn attack on a contingent of soldiers from 3 Battalion and 112 Task Force Battalion stationed in the area.
The terrorists, believed to be among those recently dislodged from Sambissa Forest, were repelled by the troops who killed 15 on the spot, while the rest took to their heels.
The attack came days after the sects’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, debunked a statement by President Muhammadu Buhari that the Boko Haram fighters had been routed from the forest which had served as their operational base for several years.
Four soldiers were however wounded but were subsequently evacuated by a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Augusta Helicopter, a recent addition to the NAF’s fleet from the Presidential Air Fleet (PAF) to Maiduguri,the state capital.
The wounded soldiers were given first aid treatment aboard the helicopter on the way to Maiduguri by the Air Force personnel as NAF responded swiftly to a call for evacuation of the wounded soldiers.
Ammunitions recovered from the Boko Haram invaders include two AK47 rifles, one M21 rifle, four FN rifles, 20 X 7.62MM special, 4 X FN extra magazine and some locally made bombs.
Story by Oputah David
