…COAS to troops: Sustain aggressiveness to defeat terrorists
Nigerian troops under Operation Hadin Kai have eliminated six Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists.
This was contained in a press statement issued on Thursday by Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General, Onyema Nwachukwu.
In the statement, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya, while commending the troops for the feat recorded,, charged them to sustain their aggressivness so as to defeat the terrorists.
He urged them “to maintain the aggressive posture in order to decisively root out the terrorists from their enclaves.”
Troops of 25 Brigade operating under the Joint Task Force, North East, Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), had neutralised 4 terrorists of the ISWAP on Wednesday 1st of September 2021.
The statement reads “The terrorists who were on espionage along Damboa-Bulabulin- Maiduguri road ran into a fighting patrol team at Kukawa and were neutralised in the fire fight that ensued with the troops.
“On further exploitation after the encounter, the gallant troops recovered from the terrorists, four AK 47 rifles and four Magazines, each loaded with 30 rounds of 7.62mm (Special) ammunition.
“In a separate operation, troops of 195 Battalion, Sector 1 OPHK in conjunction with elements of Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) at Dusman-Muna Garage, Borno state have eliminated two ISWAP terrorists in an ambush operation conducted along an identified ISWAP terrorists’ crossing point at Musari village.
“The troops also captured and destroyed an ISWAP logistics vehicle conveying assorted goods and contraband items belonging to members of the terrorist group.” It stated
The statement listed items recovered by the troops from the terrorists’ vehicle, included two bags of Hemp (Cannabis Sativa), 2 bags of Detergent,120 packets of mosquito coils, l2 mosquito nets and five textile materials.
Other items recovered are two bycicles, two bags of beans, a bag of corn and some quantity of fish.
