Photonews: See what army recovered from Boko Haram at Pulka
– The Nigerian army encountered Boko Haram fighters at Pulka – Boko Haram attacked three military locations in the early hours of Tuesday, March 8 – Sixteen jihadists were killed, while one terrorist was apprehended alive Reports suggest that troops of 26 and 28 Task Force Brigades, on Tuesday repelled an early morning brutal attack […]
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– The Nigerian army encountered Boko Haram fighters at Pulka
– Boko Haram attacked three military locations in the early hours of Tuesday, March 8
– Sixteen jihadists were killed, while one terrorist was apprehended alive
Reports suggest that troops of 26 and 28 Task Force Brigades, on Tuesday repelled an early morning brutal attack by fleeing Boko Haram terrorists on military locations at Pulka and Bitta in the fringes of Sambisa forest.
Daily Post reports that the troops of 114 Task Force Battalion also came under three-pronged attack by Boko Haram terrorists fanning out of Sambisa forest from Damboa, Tokumbere and Pulka axis.
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Army spokesman, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, informed that : “At the end of the debacle, 2 Boko Haram insurgents paid for their atrocities with their lives while several others sustained gun shot injuries. The fate that befell those that attacked Pulka was more dreadful.
“The ever ready and vigilant troops rose to the occasion by repelling the attacks and killing all the 16 attackers and captured one of them alive during the exploitation. The gallant troops also recovered 11 AK-47 rifles, 3 General Purpose Machine Guns (GPMGs), 1 Browning Machine Gun (BMG) and 2 Toyota Hilux vehicles. Others are a 60mm Mortar tube, 7 boxes of 12.7mm ammunition and 1belt of 12.7mm ammunition.”
“It is gratifying to state that there were no casualty on our own troops except for 3 soldiers that sustained minor injuries.
“The troops remained on maximum alert and are equally busy consolidating and continuing with their clearance operations with high morale,” he added.
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In the same vein, officers of the Nigerian military engaged Boko Haram terrorists in a fierce gun battle in Bita town near Gwoza in Borno state.
The face-off reportedly began on the night of March, 7 when the terrorists attacked a military facility at Bita in a bid to capture Gwoza.
Attempts by the insurgents were however met with stiff resistance, as soldiers engaged the terrorists in a fierce guffaw.
The fight lasted all night and continued till Tuesday, March 8.
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