August 12, (THEWILL) — Scores of Boko Haram terrorists have met their waterloo in Kareto, a town located in the Mobbar Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno State, following an attempted, but failed, Improvised Explosive Device (IED) ambush on Operation Hadin Kai troops of 145 Battalion Damasak from Sector 3.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, the army authority said that in the failed ambush, the terrorists detonated the IED and followed through with direct fire on troops, who immediately carried out anti-ambush drills and outflanked the terrorists, leading to the neutralisation of scores of the insurgents instantly.
It reads: “Troops after exploiting the ambush site, recovered one PKT automatic anti-aircraft machine gun, one AK-47 Rifle, four AK-47 Rifle magazines, a large quantity of 7.62 ammunition and two x 36 Hand Grenades.
“Other items recovered include: a Motorola battery, a power bank, a hand air motorcycle pump, a Rifle butt, one motorcycle, 12 blankets and a bunch of wires, amongst other sundry items.
“In another separate offensive operations by troops of 233 Battalion and CJTF of Sector 2, contact was made at Sassawa village in Yobe State with the terrorists, and after a gunfight, two of the terrorists were also neutralised and one AK-47 rifle, one AK-47 magazine and 23 rounds of 7.62mm rounds recovered.”
It added that the resilient and highly motivated troops of Operation Hadin Kai have continued to maintain their aggressive posture and sustained offensives in order to deny the terrorists freedom of action and achieve the overall mandate of Operation Hadin Kai.
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