The troops of Sector 3 Operation LAFIYA DOLE aided by air cover provided by the Air Task Team of Operation Lafiya Dole neutralized several Boko Haram Terrorists and their Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) counterparts operating along the fringes of the Lake Chad and the Tumbus with their gun trucks also destroyed.
The combined troops of the Sector which were on clearance patrol along the fringes of the Lake Chad had advanced and cleared Daban Massara and Ali Sherifti villages among other settlements before they harbored for replenishment and retrofitting.
However, as they commenced the second phase of their operations and advancing along the Kukawa – Monguno road, about 14 kilometers to their base, they sighted BHTs/ISWAP gun trucks and swiftly commenced pursuit with heavy fire and deft manouver.
According to a statement by the Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima, the incident occured on Saturday, 13 March, 2021and in the course of the hot pursuit, 1 officer and 3 gallant soldiers paid the Supreme sacrifices while those wounded in action are currently receiving medical attention at 7 Division Medical Services and Hospital in Maimalari Cantonment, Maiduguri, Borno State.
While giving the account of the encounter between Nigerian troops and the Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists in Mugono area and environ, the army further assured members of the public that the troops are working assiduously to end the insurgency and terrorism in the country in line with the directives of the Chief of Army Staff.
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