NIGERIAN ARMY KILLS SEVERAL BOKO HARAM INSURGENTS IN LAMBOM FOREST
Nigerian Army troops of Sector 2 Joint Task Force North East Operation HADIN KAI and the Air Task Force killed Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) insurgent groups who were camping around Wartek in the general area of Lambom forest.
According to intelligence, the troops with close air support from the Nigerian Air Task Force component carried out a simultaneous land and air offensive, penetratingu deep into Lamboa forest in Borno state.
The troops over ran the position of the terrorists with heavy volume of fire from both land and air, killing over 20 insurgents. The troops also captured heavy fire weapons and arms, including three Anti Aircraft Guns, three AK 47 Rifles and two Gun Trucks, aside two other Gun Trucks that were destroyed by the troops.
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The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Major General Faruk Yahaya commended the troops for the successful conduct of the operation. He urged the troops to sustain the ongoing offensive under Operation HADIN KAI, until the insurgents are completely surmounted.
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