The Nigerian Military Thursday stated the troops of Operation Hadin Kai, a joint job drive within the North-east foiled a coordinated terror assault on Kukareta in Yobe State, killing a minimum of 24 insurgents and recovering a big cache of arms and ammunition.
The assault, which started shortly after midnight Wednesday, lasted for about three hours earlier than it was repelled by troops underneath Sector 2 of the joint job drive.
A press release issued by Sani Uba, the spokesperson for the duty drive, stated the troops responded swiftly with a well-coordinated technique that contained the assault and compelled the attackers right into a chaotic retreat.
“In the course of the engagement, troops inflicted heavy casualties on the attackers, with 24 terrorists neutralised to date,” Uba, a lieutenant colonel, acknowledged.
Following the conflict, troops recovered a big amount of weapons, together with 18 AK-47 rifles, three Normal Objective Machine Weapons (GPMG), two PKT automated anti-aircraft weapons, three Rocket-Propelled Grenade (RPG) launchers, two mortar tubes, and 4 hand grenades.
Different gadgets recovered embody 18 AK-47 magazines and huge portions of belted 7.62mm ammunition.
Uba stated two personnel have been wounded in motion however have since been stabilised. An armoured tank deployed as reinforcement additionally sustained harm throughout the encounter, with all its tyres blown out.
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