At least 25 B’Haram terrorists & 1 soldier dead as troops repell attack

According to the Acting Director of the Nigerian Army Public Relations, Col SK Usman, troops of 119 Task Force Battalion stationed in Kangarwa northern, Borno State, successfully repelled an attack by Boko Haram terrorists on Tuesday evening.

The attack which started at about 6.30pm, was successfully repelled after about 3 hours of exchange of heavy gunfire that inflicted tremendous casualty on the terrorists. Unfortunately, 1 gallant soldier paid the supreme price, while 11 were wounded in action.

One of the unit’s Gun truck was badly damaged. As at yesterday morning, the troops counted 25 bodies of the Boko Haram terrorists and recovered 2 Rocket Propelled Grenade 7 (RPG 7) tubes, a 60mm Mortar tube, 2 Machine Guns, 12 AK-47 rifles and one Light Machine Gun.